diff --git a/scripts/dotfiles/create b/scripts/dotfiles/create
index 68b773454..60ff58a80 100755
--- a/scripts/dotfiles/create
+++ b/scripts/dotfiles/create
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 source "$DOTLY_PATH/scripts/core/_main.sh"
 
 dotfiles::apply_templating() {
-  sed -i "s|XXX_DOTFILES_PATH_XXX|$DOTFILES_PATH|g" "$DOTFILES_PATH/shell/zsh/.zshenv"
+  perl -i -pe"s|XXX_DOTFILES_PATH_XXX|$DOTFILES_PATH|g" "$DOTFILES_PATH/shell/zsh/.zshenv"
 }
 
 ##? Create the dotfiles structure
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dotfiles::apply_templating() {
 ##?
 
 # @todo Ensure it's not already created
-cp -r "$DOTLY_PATH/dotfiles_template/"* "$DOTFILES_PATH"
+cp -r "$DOTLY_PATH/dotfiles_template/"* "$DOTFILES_PATH/"
 
 dotfiles::apply_templating