diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 368f19e..223949d 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ service_create() {
   mkdir -p "$SERVICE_ROOT" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to create service directory"
   mkdir -p "$SERVICE_ROOT/data" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to create service data directory"
   mkdir -p "$SERVICE_ROOT/config" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to create service config directory"
-  curl -sSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antirez/redis/${REDIS_IMAGE_VERSION:0:3}/redis.conf" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/config/redis.conf" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to download the default redis.conf to the config directory"
   touch "$LINKS_FILE"
+  curl -sSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antirez/redis/${REDIS_IMAGE_VERSION:0:3}/redis.conf" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/config/redis.conf" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to download the default redis.conf to the config directory"
 
   if [[ -n $REDIS_CUSTOM_ENV ]]; then
     echo "$REDIS_CUSTOM_ENV" | tr ';' "\n" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/ENV"