diff --git a/UD_any/data/getRawText.py b/UD_any/data/getRawText.py
index 2cb01e16dfd3520066922e84990875a8823d1148..74b78cd9244e154a8de34b1fbe7479bf5535af3e 100755
--- a/UD_any/data/getRawText.py
+++ b/UD_any/data/getRawText.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__" :
     splited = os.path.splitext(pathToFile)
     target = splited[0] + ".txt"
 
+    if os.path.isfile(target) :
+      continue
     targetFile = open(target, "w")
     command = sys.argv[1] + " " + pathToFile
     p = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=targetFile, stderr=sys.stderr, shell=True)