diff --git a/org/woehlke/covid19/rki/rki_service_download.py b/org/woehlke/covid19/rki/rki_service_download.py
index a4dbcc5c2bf090ca4412b57fecf8224f0a4ccf22..1ea990c75a26add80eb8a1225513519491cae517 100644
--- a/org/woehlke/covid19/rki/rki_service_download.py
+++ b/org/woehlke/covid19/rki/rki_service_download.py
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ class RkiServiceDownload:
         app.logger.info("------------------------------------------------------------")
         os.makedirs('data', exist_ok=True)
         try:
-            os.remove(src_cvsfile_path)
+            if os.path.isfile(src_cvsfile_path):
+                os.remove(src_cvsfile_path)
             data_file = wget.download(url_src, src_cvsfile_path)
             app.logger.info(" " + data_file + " ")
         except RuntimeError as error: