diff --git a/lib/db/maintain/scripts.js b/lib/db/maintain/scripts.js
index aac4b8ad..1311c878 100644
--- a/lib/db/maintain/scripts.js
+++ b/lib/db/maintain/scripts.js
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ module.exports.traces = [
 ]
 
 module.exports.overall_dist = [
-  `CREATE TABLE {{DB}}.metrics_15s_dist {{{OnCluster}}} (
+  `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {{DB}}.metrics_15s_dist {{{OnCluster}}} (
     \`fingerprint\` UInt64,
     \`timestamp_ns\` Int64 CODEC(DoubleDelta),
     \`last\` AggregateFunction(argMax, Float64, Int64),