diff --git a/quickget b/quickget
index 9fbe8f4ac4..102a424ed0 100755
--- a/quickget
+++ b/quickget
@@ -3361,10 +3361,9 @@ function create_config() {
 
 # Use command -v command to check if quickemu is in the system's PATH and
 # fallback to checking if quickemu is in the current directory.
-function resolve_quickemu() {
-    if command -v quickemu >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        command -v quickemu
-    elif [ -f "./quickemu" ]; then
+function resolve_quickemu() {   
+    command -v quickemu || \
+    if [ -x "./quickemu" ]; then
         echo "$(pwd)/quickemu"
     else
         echo "quickemu not found" >&2