diff --git a/.acme-challenges/.keep b/.acme-challenges/.keep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eca741b..b313f02 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,4 @@ private_key.pem
 domains.txt
 config.sh
 certs/*
-!certs/.keep
 .acme-challenges/*
-!.acme-challenges/.keep
diff --git a/letsencrypt.sh b/letsencrypt.sh
index 15befbe..6fcc357 100755
--- a/letsencrypt.sh
+++ b/letsencrypt.sh
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ if [[ ! -e "domains.txt" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
+if [[ ! -e "${WELLKNOWN}" ]]; then
+  mkdir -p "${WELLKNOWN}"
+fi
+
 # Generate certificates for all domains found in domain.txt. Check if existing certificate are about to expire
 <domains.txt sed 's/^\s*//g;s/\s*$//g' | grep -v '^#' | grep -v '^$' | while read -r line; do
   domain="$(echo $line | cut -d' ' -f1)"