diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
index 908de921..4379295b 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
@@ -509,9 +509,6 @@ function install_pleroma {
     fi
 
 
-    # create user
-    useradd -d $PLEROMA_DIR -s /bin/false pleroma
-
     # get the repo
     if [ -d /repos/pleroma ]; then
         mkdir -p $PLEROMA_DIR
@@ -529,6 +526,10 @@ function install_pleroma {
     fi
 
 
+    # create user
+    useradd -d $PLEROMA_DIR -s /bin/false pleroma
+
+
     # checkout the commit
     cd $PLEROMA_DIR
     git checkout $PLEROMA_COMMIT -b $PLEROMA_COMMIT