diff --git a/startDemo.sh b/startDemo.sh
index 5910145..8d0c56c 100755
--- a/startDemo.sh
+++ b/startDemo.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-mkdir ./var
-cd ./var
+if [ -d './var' ]; then
+    echo 'Directory ./var already exists! Skipping initialization.'
+    ./cc-backend --server --dev
+else
+    mkdir ./var
+    cd ./var
 
-wget https://hpc-mover.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/HPC-Data/0x7b58aefb/eig7ahyo6fo2bais0ephuf2aitohv1ai/job-archive-dev.tar.xz
-tar xJf job-archive.tar.xz
-rm ./job-archive.tar.xz
+    wget https://hpc-mover.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/HPC-Data/0x7b58aefb/eig7ahyo6fo2bais0ephuf2aitohv1ai/job-archive-dev.tar.xz
+    tar xJf job-archive-dev.tar.xz
+    rm ./job-archive-dev.tar.xz
 
-touch ./job.db
-cd ../web/frontend
-yarn install
-yarn build
+    touch ./job.db
+    cd ../web/frontend
+    yarn install
+    yarn build
 
-cd ../..
-cp ./configs/env-template.txt .env
-cp ./docs/config.json config.json
-go build ./cmd/cc-backend
+    cd ../..
+    cp ./configs/env-template.txt .env
+    cp ./docs/config.json config.json
+    go build ./cmd/cc-backend
+
+    ./cc-backend --server --dev --init-db --add-user demo:admin:AdminDev
+fi
 
-./cc-backend --server --dev --init-db --add-user demo:admin:AdminDev
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