diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-mailpile b/src/freedombone-app-mailpile
index a7e50b6d..05eaa13f 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-mailpile
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-mailpile
@@ -349,10 +349,12 @@ function install_mailpile {
 
     # set ssl certs, just in case we want to use them later
     if [[ $ONION_ONLY == "no" ]]; then
-        sed -i "s|#ssl_cert =.*|ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/${DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME}/fullchain.pem|g" /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
-        sed -i "s|ssl_cert =.*|ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/${DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME}/fullchain.pem|g" /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
-        sed -i "s|#ssl_key =.*|ssl_key = </etc/letsencrypt/live/${DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME}/privkey.pem|g" /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
-        sed -i "s|ssl_key =.*|ssl_key = </etc/letsencrypt/live/${DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME}/privkey.pem|g" /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
+        if [ -f /etc/letsencrypt/live/${DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME}/fullchain.pem ]; then
+            sed -i "s|#ssl_cert =.*|ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/${DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME}/fullchain.pem|g" /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
+            sed -i "s|ssl_cert =.*|ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/${DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME}/fullchain.pem|g" /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
+            sed -i "s|#ssl_key =.*|ssl_key = </etc/letsencrypt/live/${DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME}/privkey.pem|g" /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
+            sed -i "s|ssl_key =.*|ssl_key = </etc/letsencrypt/live/${DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME}/privkey.pem|g" /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf
+        fi
 
         groupadd ssl-cert
         usermod -a -G ssl-cert dovecot