diff --git a/rc b/rc
index 50126b2..29812e3 100755
--- a/rc
+++ b/rc
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ function _q-tools-update-binary {
     [[ -z "$QTOOLSPATH" ]] && return
     [[ -w "$QTOOLSPATH" ]] || return
     pushd ~ >/dev/null
-    if [[ ! -e .version ]]; then
-        touch .version
+    if [[ ! -e "$QTOOLSPATH"/.version ]]; then
+        touch "$QTOOLSPATH"/.version
     fi
     local current_version
     local remote_version