diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/update.sh b/advanced/Scripts/update.sh
index 372d6223..4c74eede 100644
--- a/advanced/Scripts/update.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/update.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,15 @@ is_repo() {
   # Use git to check if directory is currently under VCS
   echo -n ":::    Checking $1 is a repo..."
   cd "${1}" &> /dev/null || return 1
-  git status &> /dev/null && echo " OK!"; return 0 || echo " not found!"; return 1
+  git status &> /dev/null
+
+  if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then
+    echo " OK!"
+    return 0
+  else
+    echo " not found!"
+    return 1
+  fi
 }
 
 make_repo() {
diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 4d74037d..90999703 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -759,7 +759,15 @@ is_repo() {
   # Use git to check if directory is currently under VCS
   echo -n ":::    Checking $1 is a repo..."
   cd "${1}" &> /dev/null || return 1
-  git status &> /dev/null && echo " OK!"; return 0 || echo " not found!"; return 1
+  git status &> /dev/null
+
+  if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then
+    echo " OK!"
+    return 0
+  else
+    echo " not found!"
+    return 1
+  fi
 }
 
 make_repo() {