diff --git a/sh/.config/sh/xdg b/sh/.config/sh/xdg
index 0b62166..024e330 100644
--- a/sh/.config/sh/xdg
+++ b/sh/.config/sh/xdg
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export LESSHISTFILE="XDG_STATE_HOME/lesshst"
 export MPLAYER_HOME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mplayer"
 export NODE_REPL_HISTORY="$XDG_STATE_HOME/node_repl_history"
 export NVM_DIR="$XDG_DATA_HOME/nvm"
-if [ ! -e "$PYTHONSTARTUP" ]; then
+if [ -n "$PYTHONSTARTUP" ] && [ ! -e "$PYTHONSTARTUP" ]; then
     mkdir -p "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/python"
     touch "$PYTHONSTARTUP"
 fi