diff --git a/install-config b/install-config
index d36ba90..c7069d4 100755
--- a/install-config
+++ b/install-config
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ function config {
    /usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.cfg/ --work-tree=$HOME $@
 }
 
+if [ -d $HOME/.cfg ]; then
+    sudo rm -rf $HOME/.cfg
+fi
+
 git clone --bare https://gitlab.inkletblot.com/inkletblot/config.git $HOME/.cfg
 
 echo "
@@ -61,8 +65,8 @@ if [ $? = 0 ]; then
     echo "Checked out config.";
 else
     echo "Backing up pre-existing dot files.";
-    mkdir -p .config-backup
-    config checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} mv $HOME/{} .config-backup/{}
+    mkdir -p $HOME/.config-backup
+    config checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} mv $HOME/{} $HOME/.config-backup/{}
 fi;
 
 case $choice in