diff --git a/googlebot/start.sh b/googlebot/start.sh
index 10406b13..93929929 100755
--- a/googlebot/start.sh
+++ b/googlebot/start.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ ipv4_comma_output="googlebot/ipv4_comma.txt"
 ipv6_comma_output="googlebot/ipv6_comma.txt"
 timestamp_file="googlebot/timestamp.txt"
 
-# Remove existing timestamp file
-rm -f "$timestamp_file"
+# Check if timestamp file exists and remove it
+if [ -e "$timestamp_file" ]; then
+    rm "$timestamp_file"
+fi
 
 # Download public GoogleBot IP ranges
 curl -s https://developers.google.com/search/apis/ipranges/googlebot.json > "$json_file"