diff --git a/build/bin/wfcupgrade.sh b/build/bin/wfcupgrade.sh
index c3b5a09..fa92047 100755
--- a/build/bin/wfcupgrade.sh
+++ b/build/bin/wfcupgrade.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ docker_work_dir=${wfc_work_dir}/docker
 new_version=$(grep '^VERSION_ID=' ${docker_work_dir}/env/wfc-release | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d '"')
 
 # Get the original version number
-old_version=$(grep '^VERSION_ID=' ${docker_work_dir}/.wfc-release | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d '"')
+if [ -f ${docker_work_dir}/.wfc-release ]; then
+    old_version=$(grep '^VERSION_ID=' ${docker_work_dir}/.wfc-release | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d '"')
+else 
+    old_version=$new_version
+fi
 
 # Convert the version number to a comparable format
 version_to_number() {