diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 5e175b7..815a251 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ check_oh-my-zsh () {
 # Check whether linux or macos is used
 check_os
 
+# check if .oh-my-zsh is installed - install if not, update if it is installed.
+check_oh-my-zsh
+inst=$?
+if [ $inst == 3 ]; then
+	sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" "" --unattended
+else 
+	git -C ~/.oh-my-zsh/ pull
+fi
+
 # Backup dotfiles and link to local versions
 for file in $(find ~/dotfiles -maxdepth 1 -name ".*" ! -name ".aliases*" ! -name ".zshrc*" ! -name ".zcompdum*" ! -name ".*history*" -type f  -printf "%f\n" ); do
 	check_exist $file
@@ -76,15 +85,6 @@ do
 	fi
 done 
 
-# check if .oh-my-zsh is installed - install if not, update if it is installed.
-check_oh-my-zsh
-inst=$?
-if [ $inst == 3 ]; then
-	sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" "" --unattended
-else 
-	git -C ~/.oh-my-zsh/ pull
-fi
-
 # link the .zshrc-file in home-directory depending on the underlying os
 if [ $os == linux ];then
 	ln -s ~/dotfiles/.zshrc-linux ~/.zshrc