diff --git a/bin/portzap b/bin/portzap
index 2d9a5e5..31f19f9 100755
--- a/bin/portzap
+++ b/bin/portzap
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ while [ "${i}" -le "$#" ]; do
     i=$(expr "${i}" + 1);
 done
 
-
 case $1 in
     "clone")
         require_dependency "git doas"
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/git-changed-files b/libexec/portzap/git-changed-files
index a471ac4..63e41af 100644
--- a/libexec/portzap/git-changed-files
+++ b/libexec/portzap/git-changed-files
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ##
 # variables
-git=/usr/local/bin/git
+localbase=${LOCALBASE:-/usr/local}
+git="${localbase}"/bin/git
 gitdir=$1
 commit=$2
 
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/git-removed-files b/libexec/portzap/git-removed-files
index 2a399cf..7a4d09c 100644
--- a/libexec/portzap/git-removed-files
+++ b/libexec/portzap/git-removed-files
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ##
 # variables
-git=/usr/local/bin/git
+localbase=${LOCALBASE:-/usr/local}
+git="${localbase}"/bin/git
 gitdir=$1
 commit=$2
 
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone b/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone
index 0ff104a..59c0f7d 100755
--- a/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone
+++ b/libexec/portzap/portzap-clone
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ##
 # variables
-git=/usr/local/bin/git
+localbase=${LOCALBASE:-/usr/local}
+git="${localbase}"/bin/git
 giturl=$1
 gitdir=$2
 branch=$3
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull b/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
index 34d1c3e..8b62075 100755
--- a/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
+++ b/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ##
 # variables
-git=/usr/local/bin/git
+localbase=${LOCALBASE:-/usr/local}
+git="${localbase}"/bin/git
 gitdir=$1
 branch=$2