diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index e75e3729935adae1966519b99da33328efc7732e..f244f67c68411e5bf31cdb57064a9a2c400493f4 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -376,10 +376,12 @@ echo "# secret to pull images from analytics-toolkit.nomad-coe.eu:5509"
 echo "  kubectl create secret docker-registry garching-kube --docker-server=analytics-toolkit.nomad-coe.eu:5509 --docker-username=\$DOCKER_USERNAME --docker-password=\"\$DOCKER_PASSWORD\" --docker-email=\$DOCKER_EMAIL"
 echo "  kubectl --namespace analytics create secret docker-registry garching-kube --docker-server=analytics-toolkit.nomad-coe.eu:5509 --docker-username=\$DOCKER_USERNAME --docker-password=\"\$DOCKER_PASSWORD\" --docker-email=\$DOCKER_EMAIL"
 echo "# get certificates to connect to kubernetes (either from kube-certs of ~/.minikube)"
-echo "  if [ -e kube-certs ] ; then"
+echo "  if [ -f kube-certs/client.key ] ; then"
 echo "    pushd kube-certs"
-echo "  elif [ -e ../kube-certs ] ; then"
+echo "  elif [ -e ../kube-certs/client.key ] ; then"
 echo "    pushd ../kube-certs"
+echo "  elif [ -e ../../kube-certs/client.key ] ; then"
+echo "    pushd ../../kube-certs"
 echo "  elif [ -e ~/.minikube ] ; then"
 echo "    mkdir -p ./kube-certs"
 echo "    pushd  kube-certs"
@@ -406,10 +408,12 @@ else
 fi
 echo "  popd"
 echo "# create secret with web certificates"
-echo "  if [ -e web-certs ] ; then"
+echo "  if [ -f web-certs/key.pem ] ; then"
 echo "    pushd web-certs"
-echo "  elif [ -e ../web-certs ]; then"
+echo "  elif [ -f ../web-certs/key.pem ]; then"
 echo "    pushd ../web-certs"
+echo "  elif [ -f ../../web-certs/key.pem ]; then"
+echo "    pushd ../../web-certs"
 echo "  else"
 echo "    pushd ."
 echo "  fi"