diff --git a/bin/installbfa.sh b/bin/installbfa.sh
index bc467f09b2db07acd0faf62fd8b4055add5ebeab..17ff00ee17bd297c140b32458b066db553654d08 100755
--- a/bin/installbfa.sh
+++ b/bin/installbfa.sh
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function usersetup
     git pull
     #
     cd ~bfa
-    if expand < .bashrc | grep -Evq 'source .*bfa/bin/env'
+    if [ $( expand < .bashrc | grep -E 'source .*bfa/bin/env' | wc -l ) -eq 0 ]
     then
         info Adding to automatically source \~bfa/bfa/bin/env via .bashrc
         echo 'source ~/bfa/bin/env' >> .bashrc