diff --git a/install/cl-kernel b/install/cl-kernel
index 487235f..7197b8c 100755
--- a/install/cl-kernel
+++ b/install/cl-kernel
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 source /etc/make.conf
 progname=cl-kernel
 OVERLAY_DIRECTORY="/usr/local/portage/layman/calculate"
-KERNEL_CONFIG_DIR="${OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}/profiles/kernel"
+[[ -d "/var/lib/layman/calculate" ]] && 
+	KERNEL_CONFIG_DIR="${OVERLAY_DIRECTORY}/profiles/kernel"
 
 SHORTOPTS="k:c:e:hmoq"
 LONGOPTS="help,kerneldir:,kernel-config:,extraversion:,no-clean,menuconfig,use-own-config,quiet,lvm,dmraid,mdadm"