diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -3,9 +3,18 @@
 A fast and easy bootstrap for my dotfiles that also acts as a simple management script once installed. Bootstrapping is as simple as:
 
 ```zsh
-curl 'https://dots.00dani.id.au' | zsh
+curl https://dots.00dani.id.au | zsh
 ```
 
-`dots` will then install itself, [GNU Stow](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/) (if not already installed globally), and my configuration for [git](https://github.com/00dani/dot-git), [vim](https://github.com/00dani/dot-vim), and [zsh](https://github.com/00dani/dot-zsh).
+If you're wary about piping scripts into your shell - [you should be](https://www.seancassidy.me/dont-pipe-to-your-shell.html) - then feel free to download the script and check it out first. `dots` *is* [designed to crash harmlessly](https://dots.00dani.id.au/partial-dl-test) rather than run something dangerous if `curl` is interrupted, however.
+
+```zsh
+curl https://dots.00dani.id.au > dots
+less dots
+# reviewing ... looks okay!
+zsh dots
+```
+
+When run through either of these methods, `dots` will install itself, [GNU Stow](https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/) (if not already installed globally), and my configuration for [git](https://github.com/00dani/dot-git), [vim](https://github.com/00dani/dot-vim), and [zsh](https://github.com/00dani/dot-zsh).
 
 Packages are installed by `dots` to `~/dotfiles` and then linked into `~` using Stow. I'll be adding flags for customising these paths, as well as adjusting which packages the bootstrap immediately installs.
diff --git a/_scripts/partial-dl-test b/_scripts/partial-dl-test
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+#!/usr/bin/env zsh
+actualSize=$(wc -c < $1)
+
+for (( size = 0; size < actualSize; size++ )); do
+	head -c$size $1 | env -i HOME=$HOME/test zsh 2>/dev/null
+	if [[ -d $HOME/test ]]; then
+		percent=$(( size * 100 / actualSize ))
+		echo "dots still ran with only $size bytes available, " \
+			"$percent% of its full $actualSize bytes!" 2>/dev/null
+		exit $size
+	fi
+done
diff --git a/partial-dl-test.html b/partial-dl-test.html
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+---
+layout: page
+permalink: /partial-dl-test
+---
+{% highlight zsh %}
+{% include_relative _scripts/partial-dl-test %}
+{% endhighlight %}