diff --git a/bin/doom b/bin/doom
index 084e837dd..440872814 100755
--- a/bin/doom
+++ b/bin/doom
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 :; case "$EMACS" in *term*) EMACS=emacs ;; *) EMACS="${EMACS:-emacs}" ;; esac
 :; $EMACS --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || { >&2 echo "Can't find emacs in your PATH"; exit 1; }
 :; $EMACS --no-site-file --script "$0" -- "$@" || __DOOMCODE=$?
-:; [ "${__DOOMCODE:-0}" -eq 128 ] && "$(emacs -Q --batch --eval '(princ temporary-file-directory)')/doom.sh" "$0" "$@"
+:; [ "${__DOOMCODE:-0}" -eq 128 ] && { "`$EMACS -Q --batch --eval '(princ temporary-file-directory)'`/doom.sh" "$0" "$@" && true; __DOOMCODE=$?; }
 :; exit $__DOOMCODE
 
 ;; The garbage collector isn't important during CLI ops. A higher threshold