diff --git a/zsh/zshrc b/zsh/zshrc
index cf2974f..4caf67d 100644
--- a/zsh/zshrc
+++ b/zsh/zshrc
@@ -77,4 +77,8 @@ function cdi() {
 }
 
 # using starship as prompt
-eval "$(starship init zsh)"
+if (( $+commands[starship] )); then
+  eval "$(starship init zsh)"
+else
+  echo '[starship] not found, please install it.'
+fi