diff --git a/chezmoi.roots/_home/private_dot_config/sz.env/980_atuin_daemon.env b/chezmoi.roots/_home/private_dot_config/sz.env/980_atuin_daemon.env
index 42b2a42..a9f35f0 100644
--- a/chezmoi.roots/_home/private_dot_config/sz.env/980_atuin_daemon.env
+++ b/chezmoi.roots/_home/private_dot_config/sz.env/980_atuin_daemon.env
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if is_cmd atuin; then
     # communicate with the running daemon rather than attempting direct database access.
     # The setup-atuin-daemon.sh script should be run on ZFS systems to create and 
     # start the systemd service for the daemon.
-    if pgrep -f "atuin daemon" > /dev/null; then
+    if pgrep -f "atuin daemon" > /dev/null && [ -d "$HOME/.config/atuin/with-daemon" ]; then
         export ATUIN_CONFIG_DIR="$HOME/.config/atuin/with-daemon"
     fi