diff --git a/zsh/aliases.zsh b/zsh/aliases.zsh
index 12573f06..da1a8f95 100644
--- a/zsh/aliases.zsh
+++ b/zsh/aliases.zsh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fi
 is-callable 'nvim' && alias vim='nvim'
 v() { vim ${@:-.}; }             # Open in vim
 e() { # Open in emacs (daemon)
-    if pgrep Emacs; then
+    if pgrep Emacs 2>&1 >/dev/null; then
         emacsclient -n ${@:-.};
     else
         /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs ${@:-.} &