diff --git a/myzsh.sh b/myzsh.sh
index ca350b4..3292296 100644
--- a/myzsh.sh
+++ b/myzsh.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ if [[ $POST_1_7_2_GIT -gt 0 ]]; then
     SUBMODULE_SYNTAX="--ignore-submodules=dirty"
 fi
 if [[ -n $(git status -s ${SUBMODULE_SYNTAX}  2> /dev/null) ]]; then
-    choice="null"
     echo -n "[myzsh]: local myzsh repo is dirty. commit and push changes? [y/n]"
     read choice
-    if [ $choice = "y" ]; then
+    if [ -z $choice ] || [ $choice = "y" ]; then
 	git add **/*[^lastrun]
 	git commit -am "autopush by $(whoami)@$(hostname)"
         git push origin master
diff --git a/plugins/david.zsh b/plugins/david.zsh
index da2fe28..87d3793 100644
--- a/plugins/david.zsh
+++ b/plugins/david.zsh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ alias vz='vim ~/.zshrc && source ~/.zshrc'
 alias vp='vim $ZSH/plugins/david.zsh && source ~/.zshrc'
 alias vt='vim $ZSH/themes/david.zsh && source ~/.zshrc'
 alias vs='vim $ZSH/myzsh.sh && source ~/.zshrc'
-alias vu='cd $ZSH > /dev/null; git pull origin master; cd -; echo $timestamp > $ZSH/lastrun; source ~/.zshrc > /dev/null'
+alias vu='cd $ZSH > /dev/null; git pull origin master; cd - > /dev/null; echo $timestamp > $ZSH/lastrun; source ~/.zshrc'
 alias vi='vim'
 alias v='vim'
 alias publish="python2 -m SimpleHTTPServer"