diff --git a/gui/apply-boulder b/gui/apply-boulder
index 3a94dfb..192f3b7 100755
--- a/gui/apply-boulder
+++ b/gui/apply-boulder
@@ -199,4 +199,6 @@ fi
 
 chown -R `ls -l PKI.md | cut -d" " -f 3,4 | sed 's/ /:/g'` .
 
-[ -f setup_complete ] || touch setup_complete
+if [ -e $PKI_INT_CERT_BASE.key ] && [ -e $PKI_ROOT_CERT_BASE.key ]; then
+    [ -f setup_complete ] || touch setup_complete
+fi