diff --git a/podman-jitsi/05_freshinstall.sh b/podman-jitsi/05_freshinstall.sh
index 8ab4f87..50033ee 100755
--- a/podman-jitsi/05_freshinstall.sh
+++ b/podman-jitsi/05_freshinstall.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ source ${ABSDIR}/vars.sh
 ensure_pwd_is_scriptdir
 ensure_not_root
 
+if [[ -d ${confvolume} ]]; then
+    echo Error : conf volume already exists. Please remove it first (prune?).
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 mkdir -p ${confvolume}/{web/letsencrypt,transcripts,prosody/config,prosody/prosody-plugins-custom,jicofo,jvb,jigasi,jibri}
 
 ${ABSDIR}/10_install.sh