diff --git a/install-dependencies b/install-dependencies
index aac11b7..3492760 100755
--- a/install-dependencies
+++ b/install-dependencies
@@ -85,7 +85,17 @@ if [ $laptop -eq 1 ]; then
         fi
 
         if ! yay -Qi $dependency &> /dev/null; then
-            failures+=("$dependency")
+            # there are likely some dependencies that won't have an associated command
+            # TODO: find a better way to deal with this, eg have something like xorg COMMAND xprop in default programs
+
+            # just catch everything, ik there are better ways to do this
+            case $failure in
+                xorg)
+                ;;
+                *)
+                    failures+=("$dependency")
+                ;;
+            esac
         fi
     done
 fi