diff --git a/bash/portal/graphs.sh b/bash/portal/graphs.sh
index 2abe87f..b8a73bf 100755
--- a/bash/portal/graphs.sh
+++ b/bash/portal/graphs.sh
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ sudo /etc/init.d/collectd force-reload
 echo -e "\033[33m"
 echo "Placing performance graph HTML file in Lighttpd's www root directory..."
 echo -e "\033[37m"
-sudo mkdir ${DOCUMENTROOT}/graphs
+if [ ! -d "${DOCUMENTROOT}/graphs" ]; then
+    sudo mkdir ${DOCUMENTROOT}/graphs
+fi
 sudo cp -r $BUILDDIR/portal/graphs/html/* ${DOCUMENTROOT}/graphs/
 
 ## EDIT CRONTAB
diff --git a/bash/portal/map.sh b/bash/portal/map.sh
index e6fb4a2..6a7233f 100755
--- a/bash/portal/map.sh
+++ b/bash/portal/map.sh
@@ -42,5 +42,7 @@ DOCUMENTROOT=`sed 's/.*"\(.*\)"[^"]*$/\1/' <<< $RAWDOCUMENTROOT`
 echo -e "\033[33m"
 echo "Placing map HTML file in Lighttpd's www root directory..."
 echo -e "\033[37m"
-sudo mkdir ${DOCUMENTROOT}/map
+if [ ! -d "${DOCUMENTROOT}/map" ]; then
+    sudo mkdir ${DOCUMENTROOT}/map
+fi
 sudo cp -r $BUILDDIR/portal/map/html/* ${DOCUMENTROOT}/map/