diff --git a/forgejo-runner.sh b/forgejo-runner.sh
index 68dbc89..35e3e1c 100755
--- a/forgejo-runner.sh
+++ b/forgejo-runner.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ function setup() {
 
 function teardown() {
     stop_daemon forgejo-runner $DIR
-    rm -fr $(cat $DIR/forgejo-runner-home)
+    if test -f $DIR/forgejo-runner-home ; then
+	rm -fr $(cat $DIR/forgejo-runner-home)
+    fi
 }
 
 "$@"