diff --git a/UD_any/prepareExperiment.sh b/UD_any/prepareExperiment.sh
index 4468aef8e1f34eb75613d2fb13d7cb1874e581d9..576491f09ef19a03b74e451bdcc4ca139df942e0 100755
--- a/UD_any/prepareExperiment.sh
+++ b/UD_any/prepareExperiment.sh
@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ if [ ! -d "$TEMPLATENAME" ]; then
 fi
 
 mkdir -p bin
-rm -rf bin/$EXPNAME
+
+
+if [ ! -d "bin/$EXPNAME" ]; then
 cp -r $TEMPLATENAME bin/$EXPNAME
 cp -r "data" bin/$EXPNAME/.
 echo "CORPUS="$UD_ROOT"/"$LANG > bin/$EXPNAME/config
+fi