diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 834c42129e56a1d485bbf36eda0e8e920e56ca81..a0d232bbcbafe76d098909c5e0e8ab5d49023b1e 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -191,14 +191,14 @@ function initialSetup {
 function setupAhoy {
   if [[ ! -f .ahoy.yml ]]; then
     echo "ahoyapi: v2" >.ahoy.yml
-    echo "commands:" >.ahoy.yml
+    echo "commands:" >>.ahoy.yml
   fi
   EXISTING=$(cat .ahoy.yml | grep "^  changelog:")
-  if [[ ! -n ${EXISTING} ]]; then
-    echo "  changelog:" >.ahoy.yml
-    echo "    imports:" >.ahoy.yml
-    echo "      - /usr/local/bin/.ahoy.changelog.yml" >.ahoy.yml
-    echo "    usage: Changelog tools." >.ahoy.yml
+  if [[ -z ${EXISTING} ]]; then
+    echo "  changelog:" >>.ahoy.yml
+    echo "    imports:" >>.ahoy.yml
+    echo "      - /usr/local/bin/.ahoy.changelog.yml" >>.ahoy.yml
+    echo "    usage: Changelog tools." >>.ahoy.yml
   fi
 }