diff --git a/bb.sh b/bb.sh
index 73c86b6..d5008d4 100755
--- a/bb.sh
+++ b/bb.sh
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ make_gophermap() {
 EOF
         chmod +x "${HOME}/public_html/blog/${gophermap}"
     fi
-    chmod 644 ./*.md
+    chmod 644 "./*.md"
 }
 
 make_gemini() {
@@ -1111,9 +1111,11 @@ date_version_detect() {
 # $2     file name of a draft to continue editing (optional)
 do_main() {
     # make sure we're in the right directory
-    [ "$(pwd)" != "$HOME/public_html/blog" ] &&
-        echo "you're not in your blog directory. moving you there now" && \
-        mkdir -p "$HOME/public_html/blog" && cd "$HOME/public_html/blog" || exit 1
+    if [ "$(pwd)" != "$HOME/public_html/blog" ]; then
+        echo "you're not in your blog directory. moving you there now"
+        mkdir -p "$HOME/public_html/blog"
+        cd "$HOME/public_html/blog" || exit 1
+    fi
 
     # Detect if using BSD date or GNU date
     date_version_detect