diff --git a/bin/initDesktop b/bin/initDesktop
index 463ebd3..371789b 100755
--- a/bin/initDesktop
+++ b/bin/initDesktop
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ function setup_dotfiles(){
 }
 
 function do_salt_call(){
-    alias salt='sudo salt-call --local --file-root "$HOME/salt/states" --pillar-root "$HOME/salt/pillars" "$@"'
+    local salt="sudo salt-call --local --file-root $HOME/salt/states --pillar-root $HOME/salt/pillars"
     new_log "Running salt high state"
     if asktobreak;then
         return
     fi
-    salt state.apply
+    $salt state.apply
 }
 
 setup_dotfiles