diff --git a/sx b/sx
index 528750b..92facc8 100755
--- a/sx
+++ b/sx
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ tty=${tty#/dev/tty}
 
 cfgdir=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/sx
 datadir=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/sx
+mkdir -p -- "$cfgdir" "$datadir"
 
-mkdir -p "$cfgdir" "$datadir"
-
-export XAUTHORITY=${XAUTHORITY:-$datadir/xauthority}
-touch "$XAUTHORITY"
+export XAUTHORITY="${XAUTHORITY:-$datadir/xauthority}"
+touch -- "$XAUTHORITY"
 
 trap 'cleanup' EXIT
 xauth add :"$tty" MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 "$(od -An -N16 -tx /dev/urandom | tr -d ' ')"