diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-tox b/src/freedombone-app-tox
index a48d6f47..bf3394d7 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-tox
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-tox
@@ -377,7 +377,9 @@ function mesh_tox_node {
 	$mesh_tox_node_prefix apt-get -y install libconfig9 libconfig-dev autoconf
 	$mesh_tox_node_prefix apt-get -y install libopus-dev libvpx-dev
 
-	mkdir -p ${rootdir}${INSTALL_DIR}
+	if [ ! -d ${rootdir}${INSTALL_DIR} ]; then
+		mkdir -p ${rootdir}${INSTALL_DIR}
+	fi
 	git clone ${TOXCORE_REPO} ${rootdir}${INSTALL_DIR}/toxcore
 	if [ ! "$?" = "0" ]; then
 		exit 429252