diff --git a/mint.sh b/mint.sh
index e4f17b4..d0d13bd 100644
--- a/mint.sh
+++ b/mint.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ then
   hostnamectl set-hostname ${host}.${mydomain}
 fi
 
+# fix for creating notify.sh dir from docker start if file not present
+[ -d /usr/local/bin/notify.sh ] && rmdir /usr/local/bin/notify.sh
+
 set -x
 
 # Cleanup broken installs