diff --git a/setup_app/installers/config_api.py b/setup_app/installers/config_api.py
index 7a863cf8487..13cf61b5fb1 100644
--- a/setup_app/installers/config_api.py
+++ b/setup_app/installers/config_api.py
@@ -273,4 +273,9 @@ def install_admin_ui_frontend(self):
             run_cmd = '{} {}'.format(cmd_path, cmd)
             self.run(['/bin/su', 'node','-c', run_cmd], source_dir)
 
-        self.run(['cp', '-r', '-f', os.path.join(source_dir, 'dist'), '/var/www/html/admin'])
+        admin_ui_path = '/var/www/html/admin'
+
+        if not os.path.exists(admin_ui_path):
+            os.makedirs(admin_ui_path)
+
+        self.run(['cp', '-r', '-f', os.path.join(source_dir, 'dist/*'), '/var/www/html/admin'])