diff --git a/docs/quick-start.md b/docs/quick-start.md
index 6c637164..835e4a97 100644
--- a/docs/quick-start.md
+++ b/docs/quick-start.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ We suggest using this `y` shell wrapper that provides the ability to change the
 
 ```bash
 function y() {
-	local tmp="$(mktemp -t "yazi-cwd.XXXXXX")"
+	local tmp="$(mktemp -t "yazi-cwd.XXXXXX")" cwd
 	yazi "$@" --cwd-file="$tmp"
 	if cwd="$(command cat -- "$tmp")" && [ -n "$cwd" ] && [ "$cwd" != "$PWD" ]; then
 		builtin cd -- "$cwd"