diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 84630377..3abaac25 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ echo -e "\033[91mNOTE:\033[39m Windows users using docker should replace localho
 if [ "$1" = "--setup-devenv" ] || [ "$2" = "--setup-devenv" ] || [ "$1" = "--no-gunicorn" ]; then
     python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
 else
-    if [ ! -e /webodm/build/static ]; then
+    if [ -e /webodm ] && [ ! -e /webodm/build/static ]; then
        echo -e "\033[91mWARN:\033[39m /webodm/build/static does not exist, CSS, JS and other files might not be available."
     fi 
     nginx -c $(pwd)/nginx/nginx.conf