diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 20bbaa6..502b299 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -158,9 +158,12 @@
 
    # an improved way to manage the todo list
    todo() {
+      (
       cd "$(dirname "$(realpath ~/todo)")"
-      test -d .git || git rev-parse --git-dir > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo 'pulling repository' && git pull
+      # only pull the repo if there is some argument
+      [ -z "$1" ] || test -d .git || git rev-parse --git-dir > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo 'pulling repository' && git pull
       "$EDITOR" ~/todo 
+      )
    }
 
    # Simple extraction script. Taken from manjaro's .bashrc