diff --git a/vagrant/puppet_master/prepare_puppet_master.sh b/vagrant/puppet_master/prepare_puppet_master.sh
index 7ebed95..aaf52b6 100644
--- a/vagrant/puppet_master/prepare_puppet_master.sh
+++ b/vagrant/puppet_master/prepare_puppet_master.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -eu
 
 CERT_DIR="/tmp/puppet_master"
 PUPPET_CERT_DIR=/var/lib/puppet/ssl
 
 if [ ! -d ${PUPPET_CERT_DIR} ]; then
   apt-get update
   apt-get install -y postgresql 
-  mkdir -p ${PUPPET_CERT_DIR}/
-  cp -r $CERT_DIR/* ${PUPPET_CERT_DIR}
-  chown -R puppet:puppet ${PUPPET_CERT_DIR}
 
   echo "puppet/code" > /etc/.gitignore
   apt install -y etckeeper
+
   # disable etckeeper pre-commits doing a find on nfs mounts
   pushd /etc/etckeeper/pre-commit.d
   find . -name "[0-9][0-9]*" -type f -exec mv {} {}.disabled \;
   popd
+
 fi
+
+mkdir -p ${PUPPET_CERT_DIR}/
+cp -r $CERT_DIR/* ${PUPPET_CERT_DIR}
+chown -R puppet:puppet ${PUPPET_CERT_DIR}