diff --git a/larbs.sh b/larbs.sh
index 79511dc..1687f82 100644
--- a/larbs.sh
+++ b/larbs.sh
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ installationloop() { \
 putgitrepo() { # Downlods a gitrepo $1 and places the files in $2 only overwriting conflicts
 	dialog --infobox "Downloading and installing config files..." 4 60
 	dir=$(mktemp -d)
-	chown -R "$name":wheel "$dir"
+	[ ! -d "$2" ] && mkdir "$2" && chown -R "$name:wheel" "$2"
+	chown -R "$name:wheel" "$dir"
 	sudo -u "$name" git clone --depth 1 "$1" "$dir/gitrepo" >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
-	sudo -u "$name" mkdir -p "$2" &&
 	sudo -u "$name" cp -rfT "$dir"/gitrepo "$2"
 	}