diff --git a/generate_password.sh b/generate_password.sh
index 4270c58..7ff8759 100755
--- a/generate_password.sh
+++ b/generate_password.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-pw1=$(</dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 28)
-pw2=$(</dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 28)
-pw3=$(</dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 28)
+if [ ! -f "nextcloud.conf" ]; then
+	cp nextcloud.conf.example nextcloud.conf
 
-sed -i "/^NEXTCLOUD_DATABASE_ROOT/c\\\NEXTCLOUD_DATABASE_ROOT=${pw1}" nextcloud.conf
-sed -i "/^NEXTCLOUD_DATABASE_PASSWORD/c\\\NEXTCLOUD_DATABASE_PASSWORD=${pw2}" nextcloud.conf
-sed -i "/^NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD/c\\\NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${pw3}" nextcloud.conf
+	pw1=$(</dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 28)
+	pw2=$(</dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 28)
+	pw3=$(</dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 28)
+
+	sed -i "/^NEXTCLOUD_DATABASE_ROOT/c\\\NEXTCLOUD_DATABASE_ROOT=${pw1}" nextcloud.conf
+	sed -i "/^NEXTCLOUD_DATABASE_PASSWORD/c\\\NEXTCLOUD_DATABASE_PASSWORD=${pw2}" nextcloud.conf
+	sed -i "/^NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD/c\\\NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${pw3}" nextcloud.conf
+else
+	echo "File already exists!"
+fi