diff --git a/infra/src/nomad_plugin_gui/apis/__init__.py b/infra/src/nomad_plugin_gui/apis/__init__.py
index 9aad6d8fd6e672c1d34dba8960fd775189077026..db1b960a51b7720748e3934af9cff3d885bbc8c8 100644
--- a/infra/src/nomad_plugin_gui/apis/__init__.py
+++ b/infra/src/nomad_plugin_gui/apis/__init__.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class GUIAPIEntryPoint(APIEntryPoint):
             os.makedirs(run_gui_folder)
 
         shutil.rmtree(run_gui_folder, ignore_errors=True)
-        shutil.copytree(static_folder, run_gui_folder)
+        shutil.copytree(static_folder, run_gui_folder, dirs_exist_ok=True)
 
         source_file_globs = [
             '**/*.json',