diff --git a/topgrade.aliases b/topgrade.aliases
index dfc51d1..bd3aa60 100644
--- a/topgrade.aliases
+++ b/topgrade.aliases
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ topgrade_conf_repo="https://git.deathbybandaid.net/deathbybandaid/topgrade.git"
 topgrade ()
 {
   if [ -f "$topgrade_path" ] ; then
-    $topgrade_path
+    "$topgrade_path"
   else
     echo "topgrade not found at $topgrade_path"
   fi
@@ -24,4 +24,11 @@ topgrade-conf-pull ()
 }
 
 # System Updates Only
-alias sysup='$topgrade_path --config $topgrade_conf_path/systemonly.toml'
+sysup ()
+{
+  if [ -f "$topgrade_path" ] ; then
+    "$topgrade_path" --config $topgrade_conf_path/systemonly.toml
+  else
+    echo "topgrade not found at $topgrade_path"
+  fi
+}