diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index af42b188..b9a80406 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@ install: build
 	chown -R www-data:www-data debian/alternc/var/alternc/html debian/alternc/var/log/alternc debian/alternc/var/alternc/tmp
 	chmod a+x debian/alternc/usr/share/alternc/install/alternc.install debian/alternc/usr/share/alternc/install/dopo.sh debian/alternc/usr/share/alternc/install/mysql.sh debian/alternc/usr/share/alternc/install/newone.php debian/alternc/usr/share/alternc/install/reset_root.php debian/alternc/usr/share/alternc/install/upgrade_check.sh debian/alternc/usr/share/alternc/install/upgrades/*.php debian/alternc/usr/share/alternc/install/upgrades/*.sh
 
-	for sub in mail html ; do \
-		for i in a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z _ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do \
-			mkdir -p debian/alternc/var/alternc/${sub}/${i} ;\
-			chown www-data debian/alternc/var/alternc/${sub}/${i} ;\
-		done ;\
-	done
-
 	#log directory
 	mkdir -p debian/alternc/var/alternc/logs
 	chown 1999:1999 debian/alternc/var/alternc/logs
diff --git a/install/alternc.install b/install/alternc.install
index d5d71b8e..64e21f9f 100644
--- a/install/alternc.install
+++ b/install/alternc.install
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ chown alterncpanel:adm "$ALTERNC_LOGS"
 chown www-data:www-data "$ALTERNC_HTML"
 chown vmail:vmail "$ALTERNC_MAIL"
 
+for i in a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z _ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do
+  test -d "$ALTERNC_HTML/$i" || ( mkdir -p "$ALTERNC_HTML/$i" && chown www-data:www-data "$ALTERNC_HTML/$i" )
+  test -d "$ALTERNC_MAIL/$i" || ( mkdir -p "$ALTERNC_MAIL/$i" && chown vmail:vmail "$ALTERNC_MAIL/$i" )
+done
+
 # Check ACL
 aclcheckfile="$ALTERNC_HTML/test-acl"
 touch "$aclcheckfile"