diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 16b72230..ce5d044e 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ installPiholeWeb() {
     fi
 
   else
-    mkdir /var/www/html/pihole
+    mkdir -p /var/www/html/pihole
     if [ -f /var/www/html/index.lighttpd.html ]; then
       mv /var/www/html/index.lighttpd.html /var/www/html/index.lighttpd.orig
     else
diff --git a/test/test_automated_install.py b/test/test_automated_install.py
index 29c62f45..2a39085d 100644
--- a/test/test_automated_install.py
+++ b/test/test_automated_install.py
@@ -180,6 +180,41 @@ def test_installPiholeWeb_fresh_install_no_errors(Pihole):
     assert 'index.js' in web_directory
     assert 'blockingpage.css' in web_directory
 
+def test_installPiholeWeb_empty_directory_no_errors(Pihole):
+    ''' confirms all web page assets from Core repo are installed in an emtpy directory '''
+    installWeb = Pihole.run('''
+    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
+    mkdir -p /var/www/html/pihole
+    installPiholeWeb
+    ''')
+    assert 'Installing pihole custom index page...' in installWeb.stdout
+    assert 'No default index.lighttpd.html file found... not backing up' not in installWeb.stdout
+    assert 'index.php missing, replacing...' in installWeb.stdout
+    assert 'index.js missing, replacing...' in installWeb.stdout
+    assert 'blockingpage.css missing, replacing...' in installWeb.stdout
+    web_directory = Pihole.run('ls -r /var/www/html/pihole').stdout
+    assert 'index.php' in web_directory
+    assert 'index.js' in web_directory
+    assert 'blockingpage.css' in web_directory
+
+def test_installPiholeWeb_index_php_no_errors(Pihole):
+    ''' confirms all web page assets from Core repo are installed in an emtpy directory '''
+    installWeb = Pihole.run('''
+    source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
+    mkdir -p /var/www/html/pihole
+    touch /var/www/html/index.php
+    installPiholeWeb
+    ''')
+    assert 'Installing pihole custom index page...' in installWeb.stdout
+    assert 'No default index.lighttpd.html file found... not backing up' not in installWeb.stdout
+    assert 'Existing index.php detected, not overwriting' in installWeb.stdout
+    assert 'index.js missing, replacing...' in installWeb.stdout
+    assert 'blockingpage.css missing, replacing...' in installWeb.stdout
+    web_directory = Pihole.run('ls -r /var/www/html/pihole').stdout
+    assert 'index.php' in web_directory
+    assert 'index.js' in web_directory
+    assert 'blockingpage.css' in web_directory
+
 
 # Helper functions
 def mock_command(script, args, container):