diff --git a/podman-ntfy/05_freshinstall.sh b/podman-ntfy/05_freshinstall.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..db21d26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/podman-ntfy/05_freshinstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+ABSDIR="$( dirname "$(readlink -f -- "$0")" )"
+source ${ABSDIR}/../functions.sh
+source ${ABSDIR}/vars.sh
+
+ensure_pwd_is_scriptdir
+ensure_not_root
+
+if podman volume exists ${ntfy_data_volume}; then
+	echo "Files or volumes from previous installation already exists"
+	echo "Please remove them before fresh install, or try continue with normal installation"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+podman volume create ${ntfy_data_volume}
+podman unshare chown -R 100:65533 `get_podman_volume_path ${ntfy_data_volume}`
+${ABSDIR}/10_install.sh
diff --git a/podman-ntfy/10_install.sh b/podman-ntfy/10_install.sh
index 5e5456e..b82dffc 100755
--- a/podman-ntfy/10_install.sh
+++ b/podman-ntfy/10_install.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ ensure_not_root
 ensure_container_not_exists ${container_name}
 ensure_variables_are_defined "$envvars"
 
+if ! podman volume exists ${ntfy_data_volume} ; then
+    echo "Error : data volume ${ntfy_data_volume} does not exists. Consider running 05_freshinstall.sh if this is the first install."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 if ! podman image exists ${ntfy_image}:${ntfy_version}; then
     podman image pull ${ntfy_image}:${ntfy_version} || exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/podman-ntfy/vars.sh b/podman-ntfy/vars.sh
index 61bd03a..0c4cd24 100644
--- a/podman-ntfy/vars.sh
+++ b/podman-ntfy/vars.sh
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ envvars='GARBAYE_NTFY_BASE_URL'
 project_name=${PWD##*/}
 container_name="${project_name}"
 service_name="container-${container_name}.service"
-
+ntfy_data_volume='ntfy-data'