diff --git a/install-dependencies b/install-dependencies
index 7fe112a..5e578ff 100755
--- a/install-dependencies
+++ b/install-dependencies
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ if [ $laptop -eq 1 ]; then
             # 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
+            case $dependency in
                 xorg)
                 ;;
                 *)