diff --git a/lib.sh b/lib.sh
index 2b4af5af..9f37fcff 100644
--- a/lib.sh
+++ b/lib.sh
@@ -1264,27 +1264,32 @@ else
     msg_box "There seems to be an issue with your network, please try again later.\nThis script will now exit."
     exit 1
 fi
-# Checksum of the downloaded file
-print_text_in_color "$ICyan" "Checking SHA256 checksum..."
-mkdir -p "$SHA256_DIR"
-curl_to_dir "$NCREPO" "$STABLEVERSION.tar.bz2.sha256" "$SHA256_DIR"
-SHA256SUM="$(tail "$SHA256_DIR"/"$STABLEVERSION".tar.bz2.sha256 | awk '{print$1}')"
-if ! echo "$SHA256SUM" "$STABLEVERSION.tar.bz2" | sha256sum -c
+
+if ! [ -f /tmp/prerelease.version ]
 then
-    msg_box "The SHA256 checksums of $STABLEVERSION.tar.bz2 didn't match, please try again."
-    exit 1
+    # Checksum of the downloaded file
+    print_text_in_color "$ICyan" "Checking SHA256 checksum..."
+    mkdir -p "$SHA256_DIR"
+    curl_to_dir "$NCREPO" "$STABLEVERSION.tar.bz2.sha256" "$SHA256_DIR"
+    SHA256SUM="$(tail "$SHA256_DIR"/"$STABLEVERSION".tar.bz2.sha256 | awk '{print$1}')"
+    if ! echo "$SHA256SUM" "$STABLEVERSION.tar.bz2" | sha256sum -c
+    then
+        msg_box "The SHA256 checksums of $STABLEVERSION.tar.bz2 didn't match, please try again."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    # integrity of the downloaded file
+    print_text_in_color "$ICyan" "Checking GPG integrity..."
+    install_if_not gnupg
+    mkdir -p "$GPGDIR"
+    curl_to_dir "$NCREPO" "$STABLEVERSION.tar.bz2.asc" "$GPGDIR"
+    chmod -R 600 "$GPGDIR"
+    gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$OpenPGP_fingerprint"
+    gpg --verify "$GPGDIR/$STABLEVERSION.tar.bz2.asc" "$HTML/$STABLEVERSION.tar.bz2"
+    rm -r "$SHA256_DIR"
+    rm -r "$GPGDIR"
+    rm -f releases
+    rm -f /tmp/prerelease.version
 fi
-# integrity of the downloaded file
-print_text_in_color "$ICyan" "Checking GPG integrity..."
-install_if_not gnupg
-mkdir -p "$GPGDIR"
-curl_to_dir "$NCREPO" "$STABLEVERSION.tar.bz2.asc" "$GPGDIR"
-chmod -R 600 "$GPGDIR"
-gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys "$OpenPGP_fingerprint"
-gpg --verify "$GPGDIR/$STABLEVERSION.tar.bz2.asc" "$HTML/$STABLEVERSION.tar.bz2"
-rm -r "$SHA256_DIR"
-rm -r "$GPGDIR"
-rm -f releases
 }
 
 # call like: download_script folder_variable name_of_script
diff --git a/nextcloud_update.sh b/nextcloud_update.sh
index c8c61f58..f481b10d 100644
--- a/nextcloud_update.sh
+++ b/nextcloud_update.sh
@@ -704,13 +704,11 @@ as it's not currently possible to downgrade.\n\nPlease only continue if you have
             NCREPO="https://download.nextcloud.com/server/prereleases"
             NCVERSION=$(curl -s -m 900 $NCREPO/ | sed --silent 's/.*href="nextcloud-\([^"]\+\).zip.asc".*/\1/p' | sort --version-sort | tail -1)
             STABLEVERSION="nextcloud-$NCVERSION"
-            rm -f /tmp/prerelease.version
         elif grep -q RC /tmp/prerelease.version
         then
             NCREPO="https://download.nextcloud.com/server/prereleases"
             NCVERSION=$(cat /tmp/prerelease.version)
             STABLEVERSION="nextcloud-$NCVERSION"
-            rm -f /tmp/prerelease.version
         fi
     fi
 fi