diff --git a/.scripts/set-sound-card b/.scripts/set-sound-card
index 1dd2a1a..e55b7d1 100755
--- a/.scripts/set-sound-card
+++ b/.scripts/set-sound-card
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 choice=$(pactl list short sinks | awk '{print $2}' | dmenu -i -p "which sink should be default?")
 
+if [ $choice=="" ] ; then
+    exit 0;
+fi
+
 rm /tmp/pactl-default-sink --force # to ignore if it isn't there
 echo "$choice" >> /tmp/pactl-default-sink
 pactl set-default-sink $choice # make sure that the chosen sink is the 
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