diff --git a/.local/bin/dotfiles-install.sh b/.local/bin/dotfiles-install.sh
index 58352b2..ba3fe30 100755
--- a/.local/bin/dotfiles-install.sh
+++ b/.local/bin/dotfiles-install.sh
@@ -29,14 +29,16 @@ if ! dot checkout > /dev/null 2>&1; then
    mkdir -p "$DOTFILES_BACKUP_DIR"
 
    # get the list of files that need to be backed up
-   dot checkout 2>&1 \
-      | grep -Po '\t\K.*$' \
-      | while read -r LINE; do
-      LINE_DIR="$(dirname "$LINE")" # No file
-      [ "$LINE_DIR" = '.' ] || [ "$LINE_DIR" = '..' ] && continue
-      mkdir -p "$DOTFILES_BACKUP_DIR/$LINE_DIR"
-      mv "$HOME/$LINE" "$DOTFILES_BACKUP_DIR/$LINE_DIR"
-   done
+   if ! dot checkout 2>&1 \
+         | grep -Po '\t\K.*$' \
+         | while read -r LINE; do
+         LINE_DIR="$(dirname "$LINE")" # No file
+         [ "$LINE_DIR" = '.' ] || [ "$LINE_DIR" = '..' ] && continue
+         mkdir -p "$DOTFILES_BACKUP_DIR/$LINE_DIR"
+         mv "$HOME/$LINE" "$DOTFILES_BACKUP_DIR/$LINE_DIR"
+      done
+   then echo "  Backup complete"
+   fi
 
    # now that all the files are out of the way, we can do one final checkout
    dot checkout