diff --git a/src/freedombone-base-email b/src/freedombone-base-email
index 430ac5d3..2bde27d7 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-base-email
+++ b/src/freedombone-base-email
@@ -1380,12 +1380,13 @@ function configure_gpg {
         MY_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY_ID=$(gpg_pubkey_from_email "$MY_USERNAME" "$MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS")
         if [ ${#MY_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY_ID} -lt 4 ]; then
             echo $'GPG public key ID could not be obtained'
+        else
+            chown -R $MY_USERNAME:$MY_USERNAME $gpg_dir
+            chmod 700 $gpg_dir
+            chmod 600 $gpg_dir/*
+            mark_completed $FUNCNAME
+            return
         fi
-        chown -R $MY_USERNAME:$MY_USERNAME $gpg_dir
-        chmod 700 $gpg_dir
-        chmod 600 $gpg_dir/*
-        mark_completed $FUNCNAME
-        return
     fi
 
     if [ ! -d $gpg_dir ]; then