@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ end 
 for i in 1
     if test ! -d $user_nixpkgs
+        if test ! -e $user_nixpkgs && test -L $user_nixpkgs
+            echo "~/.config/nixpkgs is a broken symlink, deleting it"
+            rm $channel_root
+        end
         echo "user nixpkgs folder $user_nixpkgs does not exist, creating it"
         mkdir -p $user_nixpkgs
     end