diff --git a/nvim/.config/sh/alias.d/neovim.sh b/nvim/.config/sh/alias.d/neovim.sh
index bd4999f..2d8040d 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/sh/alias.d/neovim.sh
+++ b/nvim/.config/sh/alias.d/neovim.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,5 @@ if exist nvim; then
     alias v="nvim"
     alias vim="nvim"
 
-    # open notes with my vim zettelkasten plugin
-    # TODO better implementation conditional on zk & zettelkasten existing
-    alias vn='nvim +"lua require \"zk.commands\".get(\"ZkCd\")()" +"edit ~/documents/notes/index.md"'
     alias vs='nvim +"lua require \"personal.scratchpad\".create()"'
 fi
diff --git a/writing/zk/config/sh/alias.d/zk.sh b/writing/zk/config/sh/alias.d/zk.sh
index eae9298..b7efa2f 100644
--- a/writing/zk/config/sh/alias.d/zk.sh
+++ b/writing/zk/config/sh/alias.d/zk.sh
@@ -8,3 +8,10 @@ n() {
         zk "${@}"
     fi
 }
+
+# open notes with my vim zettelkasten plugin
+# TODO better implementation conditional on zk.nvim & zettelkasten existing
+# nvim +'lua pcall(require "zk.commands"') --headless +qa 2>&1 or similar to check - but slow
+if command -v nvim >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    alias ni='nvim +"lua require \"zk.commands\".get(\"ZkCd\")()" +"edit $WIKIROOT/index.md"'
+fi