diff --git a/scripts/properties.sh b/scripts/properties.sh
index 3634d0be08..bfa49f8d6b 100644
--- a/scripts/properties.sh
+++ b/scripts/properties.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 TERMUX_NDK_VERSION=18
 TERMUX_ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION=28.0.2
 
-test -f "$HOME/.termuxrc" && source "$HOME/.termuxrc"
+test -f "$HOME/.termuxrc" && . "$HOME/.termuxrc"
 
 : "${ANDROID_HOME:="${HOME}/lib/android-sdk"}"
 : "${NDK:="${HOME}/lib/android-ndk"}"