diff --git a/provision.sh b/provision.sh
index b8e4e80..4d1bc04 100755
--- a/provision.sh
+++ b/provision.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
             INSTALL=($RECIPES)
             shift
             ;;
+        -r|--restart)
+            RESTART_SHELL=1
+            shift
+            ;;
         *)
             INSTALL+=("$1")
             shift
@@ -68,5 +72,8 @@ for recipe in "${INSTALL[@]}"; do
     _recipe $recipe
 done
 
-echo "Finished, restarting shell."
-exec $SHELL
+echo "Finished"
+if [ -n "$RESTART_SHELL" ]; then
+    echo "Restarting shell."
+    exec $SHELL
+fi
diff --git a/recipes/zsh b/recipes/zsh
index d723a4d..e539bea 100644
--- a/recipes/zsh
+++ b/recipes/zsh
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ esac
 if [ "$__shell" != "$__zsh_bin" ]; then
     echo "Install $__zsh_bin as default shell (currently $__shell)"
     sudo chsh -s $__zsh_bin ${USER}
+    export SHELL=$__zsh_bin
+    RESTART_SHELL=1
 fi
-export SHELL=$__zsh_bin
 
 if ! [ -f ${HOME}/.zshrc ]; then
     _run "Install .zshrc" ln -s ${HOME}/dotfiles/.zshrc ${HOME}/.zshrc
+    RESTART_SHELL=1
 fi