diff --git a/scripts/update-jquery-i18n.sh b/scripts/update-jquery-i18n.sh
index 4e53c18b..321e124b 100755
--- a/scripts/update-jquery-i18n.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-jquery-i18n.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ DEST="../lib/jquery.i18n";
 CLONEDIR="/tmp/jquery.i18n";
 HERE=`pwd`;
 UPSTREAM="https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.i18n.git";
+
 echo -e "Getting latest jquery.i18n from $UPSTREAM\n";
-if cd $CLONEDIR; then git pull; else git clone $UPSTREAM $CLONEDIR; fi
+
+if [ -d $CLONEDIR ]; then
+    git pull;
+else
+    git clone $UPSTREAM $CLONEDIR;
+fi
+
 cd $HERE;
 cp -rf $CLONEDIR/src/* $DEST
diff --git a/scripts/update-jquery-ime.sh b/scripts/update-jquery-ime.sh
index c39f6423..1c01347d 100755
--- a/scripts/update-jquery-ime.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-jquery-ime.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@ DEST="../lib/jquery.ime";
 CLONEDIR="/tmp/jquery.ime";
 HERE=`pwd`;
 UPSTREAM="https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.ime.git";
+
 echo -e "Getting latest jquery.ime from $UPSTREAM\n";
-if cd $CLONEDIR; then git pull; else git clone $UPSTREAM $CLONEDIR; fi
+
+if [ -d $CLONEDIR ]; then
+    git pull;
+else
+    git clone $UPSTREAM $CLONEDIR;
+fi
+
 cd $CLONEDIR;
 npm install;
 grunt copy concat;
diff --git a/scripts/update-jquery-uls.sh b/scripts/update-jquery-uls.sh
index bff030be..bf6282c0 100755
--- a/scripts/update-jquery-uls.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-jquery-uls.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ DEST="../lib/jquery.uls";
 CLONEDIR="/tmp/jquery.uls";
 HERE=`pwd`;
 UPSTREAM="https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.uls.git";
+
 echo -e "Getting latest jquery.uls from $UPSTREAM\n";
-if cd $CLONEDIR; then git pull; else git clone $UPSTREAM $CLONEDIR; fi
+
+if [ -d $CLONEDIR ]; then 
+    git pull;
+else
+    git clone $UPSTREAM $CLONEDIR;
+fi
+
 cd $HERE;
 cp -rf $CLONEDIR/{images,css,src,i18n} $DEST
diff --git a/scripts/update-jquery-webfonts.sh b/scripts/update-jquery-webfonts.sh
index 32f48183..c2c1e656 100755
--- a/scripts/update-jquery-webfonts.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-jquery-webfonts.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ DEST="../lib/";
 CLONEDIR="/tmp/jquery.webfonts";
 HERE=`pwd`;
 UPSTREAM="https://github.com/wikimedia/jquery.webfonts.git";
+
 echo -e "Getting latest jquery.webfonts from $UPSTREAM\n";
-if cd $CLONEDIR; then git pull; else git clone $UPSTREAM $CLONEDIR; fi
+
+if [ -d $CLONEDIR ]; then
+    git pull;
+else
+    git clone $UPSTREAM $CLONEDIR;
+fi
+
 cd $HERE;
 cp -rf $CLONEDIR/src/* $DEST