diff --git a/_scripts/sh/create_pages.sh b/_scripts/sh/create_pages.sh
index 5e675fd..6e152d1 100755
--- a/_scripts/sh/create_pages.sh
+++ b/_scripts/sh/create_pages.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ read_tags() {
 
 
 init() {
+
   if [[ -d categories ]]; then
     rm -rf categories
   fi
@@ -53,6 +54,10 @@ init() {
     rm -rf tags
   fi
 
+  if [[ ! -d _posts ]]; then
+    exit 0
+  fi
+
   mkdir categories tags
 }
 
@@ -130,6 +135,7 @@ create_pages() {
 
 
 main() {
+
   init
 
   for _file in $(ls "_posts")
diff --git a/_scripts/sh/dump_lastmod.sh b/_scripts/sh/dump_lastmod.sh
index ab45706..1190e60 100755
--- a/_scripts/sh/dump_lastmod.sh
+++ b/_scripts/sh/dump_lastmod.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ OUTPUT_FILE=updates.yml
 
 
 _init() {
+
   if [[ ! -d "$OUTPUT_DIR" ]]; then
     mkdir "$OUTPUT_DIR"
   fi
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@ _init() {
     rm -f "$OUTPUT_DIR/$OUTPUT_FILE"
   fi
 
-  touch "$OUTPUT_DIR/$OUTPUT_FILE"
+  if [[ ! -d $POST_DIR ]]; then
+    exit 0
+  fi
 }
 
 
@@ -55,6 +58,10 @@ _has_changed() {
 _dump() {
   local _lasmod="`git log -1 --pretty=%ad --date=iso $2`"
 
+  if [[ ! -f "$OUTPUT_DIR/$OUTPUT_FILE" ]]; then
+    touch "$OUTPUT_DIR/$OUTPUT_FILE"
+  fi
+
   echo "-" >> "$OUTPUT_DIR/$OUTPUT_FILE"
   echo "  filename: '$1'" >> "$OUTPUT_DIR/$OUTPUT_FILE"
   echo "  lastmod: '$_lasmod'" >> "$OUTPUT_DIR/$OUTPUT_FILE"
diff --git a/tools/publish.sh b/tools/publish.sh
index 9378d61..4917d9f 100755
--- a/tools/publish.sh
+++ b/tools/publish.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ check_status() {
   local _change=$(git status . -s)
 
   if [[ ! -z ${_change} ]]; then
-    echo "Warning: Commit the changes of the changes first:"
+    echo "Warning: Commit the following changes first:"
     echo "$_change"
     exit 1
   fi