diff --git a/bin/periodic/fix-flatpaks-theming b/bin/periodic/fix-flatpaks-theming
index 2718a88..5c95b56 100755
--- a/bin/periodic/fix-flatpaks-theming
+++ b/bin/periodic/fix-flatpaks-theming
@@ -4,19 +4,11 @@ home_local_themes_dir="$HOME/.local/share/themes/"
 source_theme_dirs=("$shared_themes_dir" "$home_local_themes_dir")
 target_themes_dir="$HOME/.themes"
 
-if [ ! -e "$home_local_themes_dir" ]; then
-    mkdir -p "$home_local_themes_dir"
-    echo "Directory $home_local_themes_dir is created."
-fi
-
-if [ ! -e "$target_themes_dir" ]; then
-    mkdir -p "$target_themes_dir"
-    echo "Directory $home_local_themes_dir is created."
-fi
-
+mkdir -p "$target_themes_dir" "$home_local_themes_dir" ||
+	{ echo "failed to make directoris $target_themes_dir & $home_local_themes_dir"; exit 1; }
 
 echo "Set watch for" "${source_theme_dirs[@]}" "directories ..."
 while inotifywait -qr -e 'modify,attrib,move,move_self,create,delete,delete_self,unmount' "${source_theme_dirs[@]}"; do
-    rsync -av --delete --progress "${source_theme_dirs[@]}" "$target_themes_dir"
-    echo "Directory $target_themes_dir is synchronized with" "${source_theme_dirs[@]}"
-done
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+	rsync -av --delete --progress "${source_theme_dirs[@]}" "$target_themes_dir"
+	echo "Directory $target_themes_dir is synchronized with" "${source_theme_dirs[@]}"
+done