diff --git a/scripts/70-update_background_image b/scripts/70-update_background_image
index 0644b72cf17ea1ae83897d9486934f9f1a2d19c9..8f2df6e4da3151e19179331cbd17a506b4d35697 100755
--- a/scripts/70-update_background_image
+++ b/scripts/70-update_background_image
@@ -66,8 +66,10 @@ case "$MIRROR" in
 esac
 
 for IMAGE in $IMAGES; do
-    convert -font helvetica -fill "#f3f2ed" -pointsize 200 -gravity center \
-        -draw "rotate 335 text 0,0 '$DISTNAME $RELEASE'" $IMAGE $IMAGE
+    if [ -f $IMAGE ]; then
+        convert -font helvetica -fill "#f3f2ed" -pointsize 200 -gravity center \
+                -draw "rotate 335 text 0,0 '$DISTNAME $RELEASE'" $IMAGE $IMAGE
+    fi
 done
 
 exit 0