diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-cryptpad b/src/freedombone-app-cryptpad
index f16599ef..8309735f 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-cryptpad
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-cryptpad
@@ -287,15 +287,15 @@ function install_cryptpad_main {
     if [ ! -d /var/www/$CRYPTPAD_DOMAIN_NAME ]; then
         mkdir /var/www/$CRYPTPAD_DOMAIN_NAME
     fi
-    if [ ! -d $CRYPTPAD_DIR ]; then
-        mkdir -p $CRYPTPAD_DIR
+    if [ -d $CRYPTPAD_DIR ]; then
+        rm -rf $CRYPTPAD_DIR
+    fi
 
-        function_check git_clone
-        git_clone $CRYPTPAD_REPO $CRYPTPAD_DIR
-        if [ ! -d $CRYPTPAD_DIR ]; then
-            echo $'Unable to clone cryptpad repo'
-            exit 783251
-        fi
+    function_check git_clone
+    git_clone $CRYPTPAD_REPO $CRYPTPAD_DIR
+    if [ ! -d $CRYPTPAD_DIR ]; then
+        echo $'Unable to clone cryptpad repo'
+        exit 783251
     fi
 
     # an unprivileged user to run as