diff --git a/continuousintegration/buildtree_runner/recreate_buildtree_running_environment.sh b/continuousintegration/buildtree_runner/recreate_buildtree_running_environment.sh
index db0e11a4e6ae91d90d5c4c8e8aa3d4580d12c987..227548b82b722ac16c2ed2befb2a9fde0cb272b9 100755
--- a/continuousintegration/buildtree_runner/recreate_buildtree_running_environment.sh
+++ b/continuousintegration/buildtree_runner/recreate_buildtree_running_environment.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ echo Generating kubernetes persistent volumes
 ### puppet:///modules/hg_cta/generate_PV.sh
 echo Generating the log persistent volume
 mkdir -pv /shared/logs
-sudo kubectl delete pv log
+sudo kubectl delete pv log || true
 sudo kubectl create -f ./log_PV.yaml
 sudo kubectl get persistentvolumes -l type=logs