diff -Nur e-smith-proftpd-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/proftpd.conf/06ModTLS e-smith-proftpd-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/proftpd.conf/06ModTLS
--- e-smith-proftpd-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/proftpd.conf/06ModTLS	2021-01-08 16:48:17.164000000 -0500
+++ e-smith-proftpd-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/proftpd.conf/06ModTLS	2021-01-08 16:54:35.212000000 -0500
@@ -7,15 +7,19 @@
         my $tlsrequired = $ftp{'TLSRequired'} || "on";
         my $tlsclient = $ftp{'TLSVerifyClient'} || "off";
         #use the same crt and key of httpd
-        my $crt = $modSSL{'crt'} ||
-        "/home/e-smith/ssl.crt/${SystemName}.${DomainName}.crt";
+        my $defaultcrt = "/home/e-smith/ssl.crt/${SystemName}.${DomainName}.crt";
+        my $defaultkey = "/home/e-smith/ssl.key/${SystemName}.${DomainName}.key";
+
+        my $crt = $modSSL{'crt'} || $defaultcrt;
+        $crt = $defaultcrt unless -e $crt;
+        my $key = $modSSL{'key'} || $defaultkey;
+        $key = $defaultkey unless -e $key;
 
-	my $key = $modSSL{'key'} ||
-        "/home/e-smith/ssl.key/${SystemName}.${DomainName}.key";
         my $chain_file = $modSSL{CertificateChainFile} ||
         "# no chain cert";
+	$chain_file = "# no chain cert" unless -e $chain_file;
 
-       $chain_file = ( $chain_file eq "# no chain cert" )? $chain_file  : "TLSCertificateChainFile $chain_file";
+        $chain_file = ( $chain_file eq "# no chain cert" )? $chain_file  : "TLSCertificateChainFile $chain_file";
 
     	$OUT .= <<SSL_END;