diff --git a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bashrc.d/destore.sh b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bashrc.d/destore.sh
index 0404e3a..f1a437a 100644
--- a/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bashrc.d/destore.sh
+++ b/users/pbsds/home/profiles/bashrc.d/destore.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 destore() {
   for dst in "$@"; do
     local MAYBESUDO=""
-    if test ! -w "$(realpath --no-symlinks $dst)" \
-    || test ! -w "$(basename "$(realpath --no-symlinks $dst)")"; then
+    if test ! -w "$(dirname $(realpath --no-symlinks $dst))" ; then
       MAYBESUDO="sudo"
       sudo true || {
         >&2 echo "ERROR: could not destore '$dst' due to lack of sudo"