diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 71e4caa9b..66932771b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default (d = '.husky') => {
 	if (!f.existsSync('.git')) return `.git can't be found`
 
 	let _ = (x = '') => p.join(d, '_', x)
-	let { status: s, stderr: e } = c.spawnSync('git', ['config', 'core.hooksPath', _()])
+	let { status: s, stderr: e } = c.spawnSync('git', ['config', 'core.hooksPath', `${d}/_`])
 	if (s == null) return 'git command not found'
 	if (s) return '' + e
 
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ export default (d = '.husky') => {
 	l.forEach(h => w(_(h), `#!/usr/bin/env sh\n. "\${0%/*}/h"`, { mode: 0o755 }))
 	w(_('husky.sh'), '')
 	return ''
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}