diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 2daa446..ae79098 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -193,6 +193,15 @@ necessary_information_config() {
 }
 
 hierarchy_preparation() {
+  if [[ -e final-nix-config/etc/nixos/configuration.nix || -e final-nix-config/home/numbus-admin/.ssh/id_ed25519 ]]; then
+    gum confirm "It seems you have already run this script. Previously generated files need to be cleaned up. Proceed?" || { echo -e "\n\n❌ Aborting."; exit 1; }
+    rm -rf final-nix-config/etc/nixos/*
+    rm -f final-nix-config/var/lib/sops-nix/*
+    rm -f final-nix-config/etc/secrets/disks/*
+    rm -f final-nix-config/var/lib/numbus-server/*
+    rm -f final-nix-config/home/numbus-admin/.ssh/*
+  fi
+
   mkdir -p final-nix-config/etc/
   mkdir -p final-nix-config/etc/nixos/
   mkdir -p final-nix-config/etc/secrets/
@@ -203,16 +212,6 @@ hierarchy_preparation() {
   mkdir -p final-nix-config/var/lib/sops-nix/
   mkdir -p final-nix-config/var/lib/numbus-server/
 
-  if [[ -e final-nix-config/etc/nixos/configuration.nix ]]; then
-    gum confirm "It seems you have already run this script. Previously generated files need to be cleaned up. Proceed?" || { echo -e "\n\n❌ Aborting."; exit 1; }
-    rm -f final-nix-config/etc/nixos/*
-    rm -f final-nix-config/var/lib/sops-nix/*
-    rm -f final-nix-config/etc/nixos/secrets/*
-    rm -f final-nix-config/etc/secrets/disks/*
-    rm -f final-nix-config/var/lib/numbus-server/*
-    rm -f final-nix-config/home/numbus-admin/.ssh/*
-  fi
-
   echo -e "\n✅ Writing configuration..."
   cp -${FILES_COPY_FLAGS} templates/nix-config/configuration.nix final-nix-config/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
   cp -${FILES_COPY_FLAGS} templates/nix-config/flake.nix final-nix-config/etc/nixos/flake.nix