1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/gist b/gist
index ce1fd41..b303612 100755
--- a/gist
+++ b/gist
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #   edit, e   <index_of_gist>     Edit a gist's description
 #   delete, D <index_of_gist>...  Delete a gist
 #   clean, C                      Clean removed gists in local
-#   config, c [token | user | folder | auto_sync | EDITOR | action | protocol <value> ] Do configuration
+#   config, c [token | user | folder | auto_sync | EDITOR | action | protocol [value] ] Do configuration
 #   user, U   <user>              Get gists from a given Github user
 #   grep, g   <pattern>           Grep gists by a given pattern
 #   push, p   <index_of_gist>     Push changes by git (well, better to make commit by youself)
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ _validate_config(){
 _apply_config() {
   _validate_config "$@" || return 1
 
-  [[ -z $folder ]] && folder=~/gist; mkdir -p $folder
+  [[ -z $folder || ! -w $(dirname $folder) ]] && folder=~/gist
+  mkdir -p $folder
   INDEX=$folder/index; [[ -e $INDEX ]] || touch $INDEX
 }