diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 94e8d00b2..feb283ddb 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ pipeline {
       stage('push') {
         steps {
           script {
-            checkout scm;
             pom = readMavenPom file: "pom.xml";
             filesByGlob = findFiles(glob: "target/*.${pom.packaging}");
             echo "${filesByGlob[0].name} ${filesByGlob[0].path} ${filesByGlob[0].directory} ${filesByGlob[0].length} ${filesByGlob[0].lastModified}"
             artifactPath = filesByGlob[0].path;
             artifactExists = fileExists artifactPath;
+          }
+            when(artifactExists) {
 
             nexusArtifactUploader(
                       nexusVersion: NEXUS_VERSION,
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ pipeline {
                              ]
                          );
                      }
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }