diff --git a/020_kitty-terminal.sh b/020_kitty-terminal.sh
index e7a9d7e..06bafa4 100644
--- a/020_kitty-terminal.sh
+++ b/020_kitty-terminal.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ DEST=${1:-/etc/skel}
 KITTY_HOME=${DEST}/.config/kitty
 
 # start the kitty aliases
-cat <<-EOF | tee ${DEST}/.zsh_aliases.d/003_kitty.zsh >/dev/null
-	if test "xterm-kitty" = "xterm-kitty"; then
+cat <<-'EOF' | tee ${DEST}/.zsh_aliases.d/003_kitty.zsh >/dev/null
+	if test "${XTERM}" = "xterm-kitty"; then
 EOF
 
 # the terminfo used by kitty is not generally available on