diff --git a/config/zsh/zshrc b/config/zsh/zshrc
index 246de63..6fc19cd 100644
--- a/config/zsh/zshrc
+++ b/config/zsh/zshrc
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@ compinit -d $XDG_CACHE_HOME/zsh/zcompdump
 ([[ $_comp_dumpfile.zwc -nt $_comp_dumpfile ]] || zcompile $_comp_dumpfile) &!
 
 [[ -o login ]] && for f in $ZDOTDIR/interactive+login/*(N); source $f
+
+# If zsh init ends with a failing command (like a conditional) the prompt will
+# show the "error" colour on first launch. To avoid this, we simply end with a
+# true command:
+true