diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index db58f9b2..22f40dd3 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ COPYCERTS_NPM(){
 	
 	for certdir in $(</tmp/ssllist); do
 		SUBJECT=$(${NCMD} openssl x509 -in ${certdir}cert.pem -noout -subject|grep -oP '(?<=CN = )[^,]+'|sort -uV)
-		if [ -L ${ssldir}/${SUBJECT} ]; then
+		if [ ! -L ${ssldir}/${SUBJECT} ]; then
 			echo "${certdir} - ${ssldir}/${SUBJECT}"
 			/bin/ln -s ${certdir} ${ssldir}/${SUBJECT}
 		fi