diff --git a/manifests/certbot/config.pp b/manifests/certbot/config.pp
index f744277..fa706b1 100644
--- a/manifests/certbot/config.pp
+++ b/manifests/certbot/config.pp
@@ -30,6 +30,25 @@ class cd_nagios::certbot::config (
 
         require cd_certbot
 
+        # ensure there is no forward vhost file
+
+        exec { 'remove_forward_vhost':
+          command   =>  "rm -Rf ${ng_forward_conf}",
+          creates   =>  '/etc/httpd/conf.d/.cert_created',
+        }
+
+        exec { 'remove_nagios_conf':
+          command   =>  "rm -Rf ${ng_nagios_conf}",
+          creates   =>  '/etc/httpd/conf.d/.cert_created',
+          require   =>  Exec['remove_forward_vhost'],
+        }
+
+        exec { 'remove_index_html':
+          command   =>  "rm -Rf ${ng_index_html_file}",
+          creates   =>  '/etc/httpd/conf.d/.cert_created',
+          require   =>  Exec['remove_nagios_conf'],
+        }
+
         # create cert
 
         exec { 'create_cert':