diff --git a/.config/shell/bin/dotfiles b/.config/shell/bin/dotfiles
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2096ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/shell/bin/dotfiles
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This is a copy of the 'dot' alias for use in other functions
+
+git --git-dir="$HOME/git/dotfiles" --work-tree="$HOME" "$@"
diff --git a/.config/shell/functions/dotfiles b/.config/shell/functions/dotfiles
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cdf059..0000000
--- a/.config/shell/functions/dotfiles
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# This is a copy of the 'dot' alias, as a function, for use in other functions
-
-dotfiles() {
-   git --git-dir="$HOME/git/dotfiles" --work-tree="$HOME"
-}