diff --git a/local/bin/x-have b/local/bin/x-have
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2a986a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/bin/x-have
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Returns which status
+which -s "$1" >&/dev/null
+
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo 0
+else
+  echo 1
+fi
+
diff --git a/scripts/install-cargo-packages.sh b/scripts/install-cargo-packages.sh
index 1c360e6..d1641dd 100755
--- a/scripts/install-cargo-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-cargo-packages.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 
 msg "Starting to install rust/cargo packages"
 
-! have cargo && {
+[[ $(x-have "cargo") == "1" ]] && {
   msg "cargo could not be found. installing cargo with rustup.rs"
   curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- --no-modify-path
 }
diff --git a/scripts/install-cheat-purebashbible.sh b/scripts/install-cheat-purebashbible.sh
index 9c1567a..6332790 100755
--- a/scripts/install-cheat-purebashbible.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-cheat-purebashbible.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 
 PBB_REQUIRED_TOOLS=(git cheat)
 for t in ${PBB_REQUIRED_TOOLS[@]}; do
-  ! have "$t" && echo "(!) $t is missing, can't continue..." && exit 1
+  [[ $(x-have "$t") == "1" ]] && echo "(!) $t is missing, can't continue..." && exit 1
 done
 
 PBB_GIT="https://github.com/dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible.git"
diff --git a/scripts/install-cheat-tldr.sh b/scripts/install-cheat-tldr.sh
index 0887d2a..2a9b86c 100755
--- a/scripts/install-cheat-tldr.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-cheat-tldr.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 
 TLDR_REQUIRED_TOOLS=(git cheat)
 for t in ${TLDR_REQUIRED_TOOLS[@]}; do
-  ! have "$t" && echo "(!) $t is missing, can't continue..." && exit 1
+  [[ $(x-have "$t") == "1" ]] && echo "(!) $t is missing, can't continue..." && exit 1
 done
 
 TLDR_GIT="https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git"
diff --git a/scripts/install-composer.sh b/scripts/install-composer.sh
index ba5ce7f..1d2458e 100755
--- a/scripts/install-composer.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-composer.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # shellcheck source="shared.sh"
 source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 
-! have php && msg_err "PHP Not Available, cannot install composer" && exit 0
+[[ $(x-have "php") == "1" ]] && msg_err "PHP Not Available, cannot install composer" && exit 0
 
 EXPECTED_CHECKSUM="$(php -r 'copy("https://composer.github.io/installer.sig", "php://stdout");')"
 php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
diff --git a/scripts/install-gh-extensions.sh b/scripts/install-gh-extensions.sh
index f40be35..3b89940 100755
--- a/scripts/install-gh-extensions.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-gh-extensions.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 
 msg_run "Installing gh (GitHub Client) extensions"
 
-! have gh \
+[[ $(x-have "gh") == "1" ]] \
   && msg_err "gh (GitHub Client) could not be found, please install it first" \
   && exit 0
 
diff --git a/scripts/install-git-crypt.sh b/scripts/install-git-crypt.sh
index 6fe4923..71f0e6d 100755
--- a/scripts/install-git-crypt.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-git-crypt.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 
 msg_run "Installing git-crypt"
 
-! have git-crypt && {
+[[ $(x-have "git-crypt") == "1" ]] && {
 
   REPO_URL="https://github.com/AGWA/git-crypt.git"
   CHECK_PATH="${XDG_BIN_HOME}/git-crypt"
diff --git a/scripts/install-go-packages.sh b/scripts/install-go-packages.sh
index d740e3e..a8c51d5 100755
--- a/scripts/install-go-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-go-packages.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 
 msg_run "Installing go packages"
 
-! have go && msg "go hasn't been installed yet." && exit 0
+[[ $(x-have "go") == "1" ]] && msg "go hasn't been installed yet." && exit 0
 
 packages=(
   # A shell parser, formatter, and interpreter with bash support; includes shfmt
diff --git a/scripts/install-neofetch.sh b/scripts/install-neofetch.sh
index 34743c1..0aa01ce 100755
--- a/scripts/install-neofetch.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-neofetch.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ NEOFETCH_URL="${NEOFETCH_REPO}/archive/refs/tags/${NEOFETCH_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 NEOFETCH_TEMP="/tmp/neofetch"
 NEOFETCH_INSTALL_PREFIX="$HOME/.local"
 
-have neofetch || {
+[[ $(x-have "neofetch") == "1" ]] && {
   LC_ALL=C
 
   mkdir -p "$NEOFETCH_TEMP" "$NEOFETCH_INSTALL_PREFIX"
diff --git a/scripts/install-npm-packages.sh b/scripts/install-npm-packages.sh
index c6c58d8..20df8bb 100755
--- a/scripts/install-npm-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-npm-packages.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 
 msg "Starting to install npm packages"
 
-! have npm && msg_err "npm could not be found." && exit 0
+[[ $(x-have "npm") == "1" ]] && msg_err "npm could not be found." && exit 0
 
 packages=(
   # This is a tool to check if your files consider your .editorconfig rules.
diff --git a/scripts/install-ntfy.sh b/scripts/install-ntfy.sh
index ce40d0b..cda813a 100755
--- a/scripts/install-ntfy.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-ntfy.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 set -e
 
-have ntfy && msg "ntfy already installed" && exit 0
+[[ $(x-have "ntfy") == "0" ]] && msg "ntfy already installed" && exit 0
 
 case $(dfm check arch) in
   Linux)
diff --git a/scripts/install-pip-packages.sh b/scripts/install-pip-packages.sh
index 14b7305..632588e 100755
--- a/scripts/install-pip-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-pip-packages.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ source "$HOME/.dotfiles/scripts/shared.sh"
 
 msg "Starting to install pip packages"
 
-! have python3 && {
-  msg_err "Could not find python3, something really terrible is going on." && exit 1
+[[ $(x-have "python3") == "1" ]] && {
+  msg_err "Could not find python3, something really weird is going on." && exit 1
 }
 
 packages=(
diff --git a/scripts/shared.sh b/scripts/shared.sh
index 8eaf3c5..46142e4 100755
--- a/scripts/shared.sh
+++ b/scripts/shared.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function have_command
 # usage: have php && php -v
 function have
 {
-  bkt -- which -s "$1" >&/dev/null
+  bkt -- which "$1" >&/dev/null
 }
 
 function brew_installed