diff --git a/contrib/kiss-depends b/contrib/kiss-depends
index aff8d30..b2210cc 100755
--- a/contrib/kiss-depends
+++ b/contrib/kiss-depends
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh -ef
 # Display a package's dependencies
 
-kiss list "${1:-"${PWD##*/}"}" >/dev/null || {
+pkg=${1:-"${PWD##*/}"}
+
+kiss list "$pkg" >/dev/null || {
     printf 'usage: kiss-depends [pkg]\n' >&2
     exit 1
 }
 
 while read -r dep mak || [ "$dep" ]; do
     printf '%s%s\n' "$dep" "${mak:+ "$mak"}"
-done 2>/dev/null < "$KISS_ROOT/var/db/kiss/installed/$1/depends" 
+done 2>/dev/null < "$KISS_ROOT/var/db/kiss/installed/$pkg/depends"