diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index d08716a..5f14ef4 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@
 alias sudo='sudo '
 
 #what cd should do by default
-alias cd='cd_func' 
-alias bat='batcat '
+if command -v batcat &> /dev/null
+then
+    alias cd='cd_func' 
+    alias bat='batcat '
+fi
+
+
 cd_func () 
 { 
     builtin cd "$@" && ls --color=auto --group-directories-first --format=single-column