diff --git a/Containers/mastercontainer/start.sh b/Containers/mastercontainer/start.sh
index 9605f425..799509a4 100755
--- a/Containers/mastercontainer/start.sh
+++ b/Containers/mastercontainer/start.sh
@@ -141,15 +141,18 @@ chown root:root -R /mnt/docker-aio-config/certs/
 # Probably more cosmetic than anything but at least an attempt
 if ! grep -q '# nextcloud-aio-block' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf; then
     if ! NETWORK_GATEWAY="$(docker inspect nextcloud-aio-mastercontainer --format "{{.NetworkSettings.Gateway}}")" || [ -z "$NETWORK_GATEWAY" ]; then
-        echo "Could not get the gateway of the mastercontainer. Cannot continue."
-        exit 1
+        echo "Could not get the gateway of the mastercontainer."
     fi
     cat << APACHE_CONF >> /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
 # nextcloud-aio-block-start
 <Location />
 order allow,deny
 deny from nextcloud-aio-nextcloud.nextcloud-aio
-deny from $NETWORK_GATEWAY
+APACHE_CONF
+    if [ -n "$NETWORK_GATEWAY" ]; then
+        echo "deny from $NETWORK_GATEWAY" >> /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
+    fi
+    cat << APACHE_CONF >> /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
 allow from all
 </Location>
 # nextcloud-aio-block-end