diff --git a/scripts/makeweb.py b/scripts/makeweb.py
index 8a7bebb4..33cb6269 100644
--- a/scripts/makeweb.py
+++ b/scripts/makeweb.py
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import shutil
 webroot = "web"
 srcroot = "src/web/root"
 
-shutil.rmtree(srcroot)
 
-if not os.path.exists(srcroot):
+if os.path.exists(srcroot):
+    shutil.rmtree(srcroot)
+else:
     os.mkdir(srcroot)
 
 for filename in os.listdir(webroot):