diff --git a/server/lib/classes/letsencrypt.inc.php b/server/lib/classes/letsencrypt.inc.php
index 17bc37826cc83163af00e75f581e7ce2f507d64f..880aa06a215330b50d86def4f7226abc2b7099f9 100644
--- a/server/lib/classes/letsencrypt.inc.php
+++ b/server/lib/classes/letsencrypt.inc.php
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ class letsencrypt {
 		} elseif(!$this->get_certbot_script()) {
 			// acme and le missing
 			$this->install_acme();
+			if($this->get_acme_script()) {
+				$use_acme = true;
+			}
 		}
 
 		$tmp = $app->letsencrypt->get_website_certificate_paths($data);