diff --git a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/02-fix-perms.sh b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/02-fix-perms.sh
index dd490c4..f6ff9e5 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/02-fix-perms.sh
+++ b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/02-fix-perms.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ chown librenms:librenms \
   "${LIBRENMS_PATH}" \
   "${LIBRENMS_PATH}/.env"
 chown -R librenms:librenms \
-  "${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/output" \
   /home/librenms \
   /tpls \
   /var/lib/nginx \
diff --git a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh
index de0d3ba..7f438f9 100644
--- a/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh
+++ b/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/03-config.sh
@@ -89,24 +89,26 @@ sed -i -e "s/RANDOMSTRINGGOESHERE/${LIBRENMS_SNMP_COMMUNITY}/" /etc/snmp/snmpd.c
 echo "Initializing LibreNMS files / folders..."
 mkdir -p /data/config /data/logs /data/monitoring-plugins /data/plugins /data/rrd /data/weathermap /data/alert-templates
 
-if [ -d "${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/configs" ] && [ ! -L "${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/configs" ]; then
-  rm -rf ${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/configs
+if [ -d "${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap" ]; then
+  if [ -d "${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/configs" ] && [ ! -L "${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/configs" ]; then
+    rm -rf ${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/configs
+  fi
+  if [ ! -L "${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/configs" ]; then
+    ln -sf /data/weathermap ${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/configs
+  fi
+  chown -h librenms:librenms ${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/configs
+  chown -R librenms:librenms /data/weathermap ${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/output
+
+  # FIXME: bring back when weathermap plugin compatible with PHP 8
+  # https://github.com/librenms/docker/issues/296
+  rm -rf ${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap
 fi
-if [ ! -L "${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/configs" ]; then
-  ln -sf /data/weathermap ${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/configs
-fi
-chown -h librenms:librenms ${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap/configs
-chown -R librenms:librenms /data/weathermap
 
 # cleanup bad symlink: https://github.com/librenms/docker/issues/294#issuecomment-1190389960
 if [ -L "/data/weathermap/weathermap" ]; then
   rm /data/weathermap/weathermap
 fi
 
-# FIXME: bring back when weathermap plugin compatible with PHP 8
-# https://github.com/librenms/docker/issues/296
-rm -rf ${LIBRENMS_PATH}/html/plugins/Weathermap
-
 touch /data/logs/librenms.log
 rm -rf ${LIBRENMS_PATH}/logs
 rm -f ${LIBRENMS_PATH}/config.d/*