diff --git a/installer/installer b/installer/installer
index 8a9d43ff..27ad2062 100755
--- a/installer/installer
+++ b/installer/installer
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ function install_abra_release {
 
 function install_abra_dev {
   mkdir -p "$HOME/.abra/"
-  git clone "$GIT_URL" "$HOME/.abra/src"
+  if [[ ! -d "$HOME/.abra/src" ]]; then
+    git clone "$GIT_URL" "$HOME/.abra/src"
+  fi
   mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
-  ln -s "$HOME/.abra/src/abra" "$HOME/.local/bin/abra"
+  ln -sf "$HOME/.abra/src/abra" "$HOME/.local/bin/abra"
+  echo "abra installed to $HOME/.local/bin/abra (development bleeding edge)"
 }
 
 function run_installation {