diff --git a/arch-config/scripts/arch-config.sh b/arch-config/scripts/arch-config.sh
index 144a52f9..aa99fecf 100755
--- a/arch-config/scripts/arch-config.sh
+++ b/arch-config/scripts/arch-config.sh
@@ -204,7 +204,13 @@ EOF
 cp -r ~/config/.config/ ~/
 cp -r ~/config/.local/ ~/
 #cp -r ~/config/Dokumente ~/
-cp -r ~/config/.mozilla/firefox/default-release/* ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default-release/
+# NOTE check if firefox default-release directory exists. 1 is good, 0 is bad
+firefoxdir=$(find ~/.mozilla/firefox/ -name \*.default-release | wc -l)
+if [[ $firefoxdir -eq 1  ]]; then
+    cp -r ~/config/.mozilla/firefox/default-release/* ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default-release/
+else
+    echo "Please launch firefox and then update the config again"
+fi
 cp -r ~/config/.easystroke ~/
 cp -r ~/config/.elvish ~/
 cp -r ~/config/.doom.d ~/