diff --git a/.config/shell/env b/.config/shell/env
index 6a3b169..a6f7a7c 100644
--- a/.config/shell/env
+++ b/.config/shell/env
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ export ZINIT_HOME_DIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/zinit"
 
 
 # Set documents directory (auto set to the repo the file ~/todo points to is in)
-if [ -h ~/todo ]; then
+if [ -h ~/todo ] && command -v git > /dev/null; then
    # shellcheck disable=SC2155
    export DOCS_DIR="$(git -C "$(dirname "$(realpath ~/todo)" 2>&1)" rev-parse --show-toplevel | head -1)"
 elif [ -d "$HOME/Documents/docs" ]; then
    export DOCS_DIR="$HOME/Documents/docs/"
 else
-   echo "Error: couldn't find the documents repo" >&2
+   echo "Error: couldn't find the documents repo" > /dev/null
 fi
 
 ## Working directory save settings (see things at bottom of zshrc)