diff --git a/prosopopee/prosopopee.py b/prosopopee/prosopopee.py
index 3551be7..12737e1 100644
--- a/prosopopee/prosopopee.py
+++ b/prosopopee/prosopopee.py
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ def main():
         os.makedirs("build")
 
     # XXX recursively merge directories
-    shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "build", "static"))
+    if os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "build", "static")):
+        shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "build", "static"))
     shutil.copytree(os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.realpath(__file__))[0], "static"), os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "build", "static"))
 
     for gallery in dirs: