diff --git a/app/scripts/app_defaults.php b/app/scripts/app_defaults.php
index 31b4452610..2cb75df991 100644
--- a/app/scripts/app_defaults.php
+++ b/app/scripts/app_defaults.php
@@ -26,11 +26,9 @@
 
 //process this only one time
 if ($domains_processed == 1) {
-	if (isset($_SESSION['switch']['scripts']['dir'])) {
-		$obj = new scripts;
-		$obj->copy_files();
-		$obj->write_config();
-	}
+	$obj = new scripts;
+	$obj->copy_files();
+	$obj->write_config();
 }
 
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/scripts/resources/classes/scripts.php b/app/scripts/resources/classes/scripts.php
index f9df3b19ac..ecf29e3da8 100644
--- a/app/scripts/resources/classes/scripts.php
+++ b/app/scripts/resources/classes/scripts.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class scripts {
 	 * Writes the config.lua
 	 */
 	public function write_config() {
-		if (strlen($_SESSION['switch']['scripts']['dir']) > 0) {
+		if (is_dir($_SESSION['switch']['scripts']['dir'])) {
 
 			//define the global variables
 				global $db;