diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index afb92d3..c26cc80 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ fi
 
 _fetch_sources(){
   wget -O /tmp/nanorc.zip https://github.com/scopatz/nanorc/archive/master.zip
-  if [ ! -d ~/.nano/ ]
-  then
-    mkdir ~/.nano/
-  fi
+  mkdir -p ~/.nano/
 
   cd ~/.nano/ || exit
   unzip -o "/tmp/nanorc.zip"
@@ -21,11 +18,8 @@ _fetch_sources(){
 }
 
 _update_nanorc(){
-  if [ ! -f ~/.nanorc ]
-  then
-      touch ~/.nanorc
-  fi
-
+  touch ~/.nanorc
+      
   # add all includes from ~/.nano/nanorc if they're not already there
   while read -r inc; do
       if ! grep -q "$inc" "${NANORC_FILE}"; then
@@ -42,10 +36,10 @@ NANORC_FILE=~/.nanorc
 
 case "$1" in
  -l|--lite)
- UPDATE_LITE=1;;
+   UPDATE_LITE=1;;
  -h|--help)
- echo "Install script for nanorc syntax highlights"
- echo "Call with -l or --lite to update .nanorc with secondary precedence to existing .nanorc includes"
+   echo "Install script for nanorc syntax highlights"
+   echo "Call with -l or --lite to update .nanorc with secondary precedence to existing .nanorc includes"
  ;;
 esac