diff --git a/inotifreload.sh b/inotifreload.sh
index 21e95ff..c442d28 100755
--- a/inotifreload.sh
+++ b/inotifreload.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ while true; do
     fi
     #start an inotifywait (timeout -s <#> seconds)
     # inotifywait -t 10 -q -e close_write,moved_to,create /hacfg/$HASVC 2>&1 >/dev/null
-    inotifywait -t 10 -q -e close_write,moved_to,create -r /hacfg/$HASVC /hacfg/certs 2>&1 >/dev/null
+    if [ -d /hacfg/certs ];  then
+        inotifywait -t 10 -q -e close_write,moved_to,create -r /hacfg/$HASVC /hacfg/certs 2>&1 >/dev/null
+    else
+        inotifywait -t 10 -q -e close_write,moved_to,create /hacfg/$HASVC 2>&1 >/dev/null
+    fi
 
     #If the config or certificate store did not really change don't do anything
     diff /hacfg/$HASVC /etc/haproxy/$HASVC 2>&1 >/dev/null