diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-tox b/src/freedombone-app-tox
index 96b92ecd..f5988d70 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-tox
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-tox
@@ -469,9 +469,11 @@ function mesh_tox_node {
     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
+    if [ ! -d ${rootdir}${INSTALL_DIR}/toxcore ]; then
+        git clone ${TOXCORE_REPO} ${rootdir}${INSTALL_DIR}/toxcore
+        if [ ! "$?" = "0" ]; then
+            exit 429252
+        fi
     fi
     cd ${rootdir}$INSTALL_DIR/toxcore
     git checkout $TOXCORE_COMMIT -b $TOXCORE_COMMIT