diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 41ed54e..bfad1a2 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ zinit light zsh-users/zsh-history-substring-search
 autoload -Uz _zinit
 (( ${+_comps} )) && _comps[zinit]=_zinit
 
-eval `dircolors`
+# Load LS_COLORS if not present
+test -n $LS_COLORS || eval $(dircolors) || echo 'Warning: Unable to set LS_COLORS'
+
 # The following lines were added by compinstall
 
 zstyle ':completion:*' auto-description '%F{green}Specify%f: %F{cyan}%d%f'