diff --git a/docs/pre.sh b/docs/pre.sh
index 1db9268e8ca0..42ae679f975a 100755
--- a/docs/pre.sh
+++ b/docs/pre.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
 ## Create modules pages
 for D in ../x/*; do
   if [ -d "${D}" ]; then
-    MODDOC=docs/build/modules/$(echo $D | awk -F/ '{print $NF}')
-    rm -rf $MODDOC
-    mkdir -p $MODDOC && cp -r $D/README.md "$_"
+    MODULE_DIRECTORY=docs/build/modules/$DIR_NAME
+    rm -rf "$MODULE_DIRECTORY"
+    mkdir -p "$MODULE_DIRECTORY" 
+    if [ -f "$D"/README.md ]; then
+      cp -r "$D"/README.md "$MODULE_DIRECTORY"
+    fi
   fi
 done