diff --git a/42sh/src/builtin/bt_cd_process_dotdot.c b/42sh/src/builtin/bt_cd_process_dotdot.c
index 6396be2c..ac79ea4f 100644
--- a/42sh/src/builtin/bt_cd_process_dotdot.c
+++ b/42sh/src/builtin/bt_cd_process_dotdot.c
@@ -12,18 +12,22 @@
 
 #include "minishell.h"
 
-#define CDERR_6	"cd : %s: Permission denied"
-#define CDERR_7 "cd : %s: No such file or directory"
+#define CDERR_0		"cd : %s: No such file or directory"
+#define CDERR_1		"cd : %s: Permission denied"
+#define CDERR_2		"cd : %s: Not a directory"
+#define CDERR_3		"cd : unable to proceed: %s"
 
 int			bt_cd_process_dotdot(char *target)
 {
 	DG();
+	if (access(target, F_OK))
+		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_0, target));
+	if (access(target, X_OK))
+		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_1, target));
 	if (!is_directory(target))
-		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_7, target));
-	if (access(target, R_OK) < 0)
-		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_6, target));
+		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_2, target));
 	if (chdir(target))
-		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_7, target));
+		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_3, target));
 	setwd("PWD");
 	return (0);	
 }
diff --git a/42sh/src/builtin/bt_cd_process_symlink.c b/42sh/src/builtin/bt_cd_process_symlink.c
index c8d2afe1..3dc20512 100644
--- a/42sh/src/builtin/bt_cd_process_symlink.c
+++ b/42sh/src/builtin/bt_cd_process_symlink.c
@@ -12,24 +12,28 @@
 
 #include "minishell.h"
 
-#define CDERR_3	"cd : %s: Permission denied"
-#define CDERR_4 "cd : %s: No such file or directory"
-#define CDERR_5 "cd : %s: Symlink not resolved"
+#define CDERR_0		"cd : %s: No such file or directory"
+#define CDERR_1		"cd : %s: Permission denied"
+#define CDERR_2		"cd : %s: Not a directory"
+#define CDERR_3		"cd : unable to proceed: %s"
+#define CDERR_4		"cd : %s: Symlink not resolved"
 
 int			bt_cd_process_symlink(char *target)
 {
 	char		buffer[PATH_MAX + 1];
 
 	ft_bzero(buffer, PATH_MAX + 1);
+	if (access(target, F_OK))
+		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_0, target));
+	if (access(target, X_OK))
+		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_1, target));
 	if (!is_directory(target))
-		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_4, target));
-	if (!access(target, R_OK))
-		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_3, target));
+		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_2, target));
 	if (chdir(target))
-		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_4, target));
+		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_3, target));
 	setwd("PWD");
 	if (readlink(target, buffer,  PATH_MAX + 1) < 0)
-		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_5, target));
+		return (SH_ERR(CDERR_4, target));
 	else if (ft_strlen(buffer) > 0)
 		builtin_setenv(NULL, (char*[]){"cd", "PWD", buffer, NULL}, NULL);
 	return (0);