diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 502b299..a4f1173 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -158,11 +158,13 @@
 
    # an improved way to manage the todo list
    todo() {
-      (
-      cd "$(dirname "$(realpath ~/todo)")"
-      # 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 
+      ( # subshell to protect against directory changes
+      if [ -z "$@" ];then
+         $EDITOR ~/todo 
+      else
+         cd "$(dirname "$(realpath ~/todo)")"
+         git $@
+      fi
       )
    }