diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 010294e..e4592a3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ all: server client
 	cp server/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/hastic release
 	mkdir release/public
 	cp -r client/dist/* release/public/
-	cp server/config.example.toml release/config.toml 
+	test -f server/config.toml && cp server/config.toml release/config.toml
 
 
 server: