diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 1ad0595a..da027e9b 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -957,11 +957,9 @@ 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 [ ! -f ${ssldir}/${SUBJECT} ]; then
+		if [ ! -L ${ssldir}/${SUBJECT} ]; then
 			echo "no folder found... creating"
-			#/bin/ln -s ${certdir} ${ssldir}/${SUBJECT}
-		else
-			echo "folder found"
+			/bin/ln -s ${certdir} ${ssldir}/${SUBJECT}
 		fi
 	done
 	echo