diff --git a/install/install-openappstack.sh b/install/install-openappstack.sh
index 953072c086ed91390672805b52317966f3f80b69..6a8475d2eabfd9dbb11428c2c252a5e1c2b4ec05 100755
--- a/install/install-openappstack.sh
+++ b/install/install-openappstack.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ branch=${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME:-}
 echo "Tracking branch $branch for https://open.greenhost.net/openappstack/openappstack flux repo"
 
 # Create oas and oas-apps namespaces
-kubectl create namespace oas
-kubectl create namespace oas-apps
+kubectl get namespace oas 2>/dev/null || kubectl create namespace oas
+kubectl get namespace oas-apps 2>/dev/null || kubectl create namespace oas-apps
 
 # Generate oauth and SSO secrets
 python "$(dirname "$0")/generate_secrets.py" single-sign-on