diff --git a/bedpost b/bedpost
index 11f15ca8e030487aa988e66b1ba70843c27ed702..8546184bf9e94358e879b2ffb456c51bed6bda71 100755
--- a/bedpost
+++ b/bedpost
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 echo
 echo "Error - bedpost has been superceded by bedpostx! Please instead run:"
-echo bedpostx $@ -n 1
+if [ "$1" != "" ];then
+    echo bedpostx $@ -n 1
+else
+    echo bedpostx \<dir\> -n 1
+fi
 echo