diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 511ad7be..9099576f 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ COPYCERTS_NPM(){
 	for certdir in $(</tmp/ssllist); do
 		SUBJECT=$(${NCMD} openssl x509 -in ${certdir}cert.pem -noout -subject|grep -oP '(?<=CN = )[^,]+'|sort -uV)
 		echo ${ssldir}/${SUBJECT}
-		if [ ! -L ${ssldir}/${SUBJECT} ]; then
+		if [ ! -f ${ssldir}/${SUBJECT} ]; then
 			echo "no folder found... creating"
 			/bin/ln -s ${certdir} ${ssldir}/${SUBJECT}
 		else