diff --git a/functions/__ssh_agent_start.fish b/functions/__ssh_agent_start.fish
index 3e965ce..8bd260b 100644
--- a/functions/__ssh_agent_start.fish
+++ b/functions/__ssh_agent_start.fish
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ function __ssh_agent_start -d "start a new ssh agent"
    ssh-agent -c | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > $SSH_ENV
    chmod 600 $SSH_ENV
    source $SSH_ENV > /dev/null
+   true  # suppress errors from setenv, i.e. set -gx
 end