diff --git a/bin/ncp-update-nc b/bin/ncp-update-nc
index dc4d759cc..3193dc778 100755
--- a/bin/ncp-update-nc
+++ b/bin/ncp-update-nc
@@ -176,9 +176,11 @@ sudo -u www-data php nextcloud/occ upgrade      # && false # test point
 sudo -u www-data php nextcloud/occ db:add-missing-indices
 
 # workaround for updating news to NC14 - bug https://github.com/nextcloud/news/issues/327
-F=/var/www/nextcloud/apps/news/vendor/ezyang/htmlpurifier/maintenance/.htaccess
-[[ -f "$F" ]] || echo "Deny from all" > "$F" || true
-sudo -u www-data php nextcloud/occ integrity:check-app --path=/var/www/nextcloud/apps/news news || true
+[[ -e /var/www/nextcloud/apps/news ]] && {
+  F=/var/www/nextcloud/apps/news/vendor/ezyang/htmlpurifier/maintenance/.htaccess
+  [[ -f "$F" ]] || echo "Deny from all" > "$F" || true
+  sudo -u www-data php nextcloud/occ integrity:check-app --path=/var/www/nextcloud/apps/news news || true
+}
 
 # done
 ####################
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 19164a83e..1c1dd4539 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 
-[v0.62.4](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/commit/128f713) (2018-10-03) nc-update-nextcloud: option to upgrade to the latest version
+[v0.62.5](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/commit/ca01dbf) (2018-10-03) nc-update-nc: dont fix the news app if there is no news app
+
+[v0.62.4](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/commit/b449e54) (2018-10-03) nc-update-nextcloud: option to upgrade to the latest version
 
 [v0.62.3, master](https://github.com/nextcloud/nextcloudpi/commit/af4b646) (2018-10-03) nc-autoupdate-nc: fix repeating notification