diff --git a/bin/cd-improved b/bin/cd-improved
index 28a2c35..67a8e99 100644
--- a/bin/cd-improved
+++ b/bin/cd-improved
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)"
 
 if [ -z "$root" ]
 then
-  cd "$@"
+  builtin cd "$@"
 else
   if [ -z "$1" ]
   then
-    cd "$root"
+    builtin cd "$root"
   else
     if [ $(echo "$1" | grep '^/') ]
-    then cd "$root"$@
-    else cd "$@"
+    then builtin cd "$root"$@
+    else builtin cd "$@"
     fi
   fi
 fi
diff --git a/shell/alias b/shell/alias
index 410186a..629bf98 100644
--- a/shell/alias
+++ b/shell/alias
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ alias ls="ls --color=auto"
 alias ll="ls -lA"
 alias gcd="source git-cd"
 alias g="source cd-improved"
-alias gg="cd $HOME; g ."
+alias gg="builtin cd $HOME; g ."
 alias hello='echo "Hello :)"'
 alias w='watch -t -d -n 1'
 alias setclip='xclip -selection c'