diff --git a/scripts/util.sh b/scripts/util.sh
index d9b95aa..c2db69b 100644
--- a/scripts/util.sh
+++ b/scripts/util.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ __resh_run_daemon() {
 __resh_bash_completion_init() {
     # primitive check to find out if bash_completions are installed
     # skip completion init if they are not
-    _get_comp_words_by_ref >/dev/null 2>dev/null || return
+    _get_comp_words_by_ref >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || return
     local bash_completion_dir=~/.resh/bash_completion.d
     # source user completion directory definitions
     # taken from /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion