diff --git a/skel/.profile b/skel/.profile
index 4176c1b..96ffede 100644
--- a/skel/.profile
+++ b/skel/.profile
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ export PERL_MM_OPT="INSTALL_BASE=$HOME/perl5"
 
 # aliases
 alias less='less -i -r'
-type winget.exe >/dev/null && alias winget="$(which winget.exe)"
+if which winget.exe >/dev/null 2>&1; then 
+	alias winget="$(which winget.exe)"
+fi
 
 # profile variables that need to be defined late
 [ -f "$HOME/.profile-post-local" ] && source "$HOME/.profile-post-local"