diff --git a/portwine_install_script/portproton b/portwine_install_script/portproton
index 24237f4d..cee8ac28 100755
--- a/portwine_install_script/portproton
+++ b/portwine_install_script/portproton
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ try_download_scripts () {
 		try_download_scripts
 	fi
 }
-if [ "${PW_SILENT_INSTALL}" = "1" ] & [ "$(dirname "`readlink -f "$0"`")" != "/usr/bin" ] ; then
+if [ "${PW_SILENT_INSTALL}" = "1" ] & [ ! -f "/usr/bin/portproton" ] ; then
 	try_download_scripts
 else
 	try_download_scripts | progress_bar