diff --git a/build/package/deb/debian/postinst b/build/package/deb/debian/postinst
index 9a1cb1b13c..664ce89a97 100755
--- a/build/package/deb/debian/postinst
+++ b/build/package/deb/debian/postinst
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-adduser --system tgstation-server
-mkdir -m 754 -p /var/log/tgstation-server
-chown -R tgstation-server /etc/tgstation-server
-chown -R tgstation-server /opt/tgstation-server
-chown -R tgstation-server /var/log/tgstation-server
+if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+	adduser --system tgstation-server
+	mkdir -m 754 -p /var/log/tgstation-server
+	chown -R tgstation-server /etc/tgstation-server
+	chown -R tgstation-server /opt/tgstation-server
+	chown -R tgstation-server /var/log/tgstation-server
+fi
 
 #DEBHELPER#