diff --git a/alumnihub/DEBIAN/postinst b/alumnihub/DEBIAN/postinst
index 51cf31e..646c558 100755
--- a/alumnihub/DEBIAN/postinst
+++ b/alumnihub/DEBIAN/postinst
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ adduser --system alumnihub
 
 chown -R alumnihub:root /opt/alumnihub
 
-if [ -e /opt/alumnihub/appsettings.json ]; then
+if [ ! -e /opt/alumnihub/appsettings.json ]; then
     cp /opt/alumnihub/appsettings.release.json /opt/alumnihub/appsettings.json
 fi