diff --git a/ezjail-admin b/ezjail-admin
index 34cbe49..b52ac08 100755
--- a/ezjail-admin
+++ b/ezjail-admin
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ create)
 
   # jail names may lead to identical configs, eg. foo.bar.com == foo-bar.com
   # so check, whether we might be running into problems
-  if [ -e "${ezjail_config}" -o -e "${ezjail_config}.norun" ] && exerr "Error: An ezjail config already exists at ${ezjail_config}.\n  This can happen because ezjail converts non alphanumeric characters in jail names to '_'.\n  Please rename the ezjail."
+  [ -e "${ezjail_config}" -o -e "${ezjail_config}.norun" ] && exerr "Error: An ezjail config already exists at ${ezjail_config}.\n  This can happen because ezjail converts non alphanumeric characters in jail names to '_'.\n  Please rename the ezjail."
 
   # if jail root specified on command line is not absolute, make it absolute
   # inside our jail directory