diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
index c493c939..f1ef59e6 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ function update_prosody_modules {
                 tar -xzvf $prosody_modules_filename
                 if [ -d prosody-modules ]; then
                     systemctl stop prosody
+                    if [ ! -d /var/lib/prosody/prosody-modules ]; then
+                        mkdir /var/lib/prosody/prosody-modules
+                    fi
                     cp -r prosody-modules/* /var/lib/prosody/prosody-modules
                     chown -R prosody:prosody /var/lib/prosody/prosody-modules
                     systemctl start prosody
@@ -876,6 +879,9 @@ function install_xmpp_main {
 
     # install modules
     update_prosody_modules initial
+    if [ ! -d /var/lib/prosody/prosody-modules ]; then
+        echo $'No prosody modules available'
+    fi
 
     # create a certificate
     if [[ "$(cert_exists ${DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME} pem)" == "0" ]]; then