diff --git a/.mikaela_install b/.mikaela_install
index d132241c..045e60cf 100755
--- a/.mikaela_install
+++ b/.mikaela_install
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ cat conf/firefox-forbidden-policies.js >~/.librewolf/librewolf.overrides.cfg
 #cat conf/librewolf.overrides.cfg >~/.var/app/io.gitlab.librewolf-community/.librewolf/librewolf.overrides.cfg
 cat conf/firefox-forbidden-policies.js >~/.var/app/io.gitlab.librewolf-community/.librewolf/librewolf.overrides.cfg
 mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
-ln -sfv ~/.shell-things/local/share/applications ~/.local/share/applications/shell-things
-rm -fv ~/.shell-things/local/share/applications/applications
+ln -nsfv ~/.shell-things/local/share/applications ~/.local/share/applications/shell-things
 if hash update-desktop-database 2>/dev/null; then
 	update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
 fi
diff --git a/install b/install
index dbb97afc..ccc60c56 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ mkdir -p ~/.config/git
 cat conf/gitconfig >~/.config/git/config
 touch ~/.gitconfig
 rm ~/.gitconfig
-ln -sfv ~/.config/git/config ~/.gitconfig
+ln -nsfv ~/.config/git/config ~/.gitconfig
 mkdir -p ~/.git-template
 cat rc/vimrc >~/.vimrc
 mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim/