diff --git a/inc/certs.inc b/inc/certs.inc
index bd712e90..7d022554 100755
--- a/inc/certs.inc
+++ b/inc/certs.inc
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ COPYCERTS(){
 				echo -en "${idsCL[LightCyan]}Updating ${idsCL[Green]}${CERTSITE}${spc}${idsCL[LightCyan]}: "
 				COPYTO=${CERTFOLDERS[${i}]}
 				scp le@keepalived.scity.us:/etc/letsencrypt/live/${CERTSITE}/privkey.pem ${COPYTO}/privkey.pem >/dev/null 2>&1
-				if ! /usr/bin/md5sum -c ${COPYTO}/privkey.pem.md5 >/dev/null 2>&1 || [ "${1^^}" == "FORCE" ]; then
+				if ([ -f ${COPYTO}/privkey.pem.md5 ] && ! /usr/bin/md5sum -c ${COPYTO}/privkey.pem.md5 >/dev/null 2>&1) || [ "${1^^}" == "FORCE" ]; then
 					scp le@keepalived.scity.us:/etc/letsencrypt/live/${CERTSITE}/* ${COPYTO}/ >/dev/null 2>&1
 					rm -f ${COPYTO}/privkey.pem.md5 >/dev/null 2>&1
 					md5sum ${COPYTO}/privkey.pem > ${COPYTO}/privkey.pem.md5