diff --git a/tools/repo/setup-server-folder.sh b/tools/repo/setup-server-folder.sh
index 69b0bcb..b218894 100644
--- a/tools/repo/setup-server-folder.sh
+++ b/tools/repo/setup-server-folder.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-cp -r servers/skel/. servers/${1:-$(hostname)}
\ No newline at end of file
+if ! [ -d "servers/${1:-$HOSTNAME}" ]; then
+    echo "setting up servers/${1:-$HOSTNAME}..."
+    cp -r servers/skel/. servers/${1:-$HOSTNAME}
+    echo "server configuration for \`${1:-$HOSTNAME}\`." >servers/${1:-$HOSTNAME}/README.md
+fi