diff --git a/bin/vue-init b/bin/vue-init
index d9b85c17cc..296e2ffd97 100755
--- a/bin/vue-init
+++ b/bin/vue-init
@@ -140,14 +140,21 @@ function run () {
 
 function downloadAndGenerate (template) {
   var spinner = ora('downloading template')
+
+  function logError (err) {
+    if (err) logger.fatal(err)
+    console.log()
+    logger.success('Generated "%s".', name)
+  }
+
+  if (exists(tmp)) {
+    return generate(name, tmp, to, logError)
+  }
+
   spinner.start()
   download(template, tmp, { clone: clone }, function (err) {
     spinner.stop()
     if (err) logger.fatal('Failed to download repo ' + template + ': ' + err.message.trim())
-    generate(name, tmp, to, function (err) {
-      if (err) logger.fatal(err)
-      console.log()
-      logger.success('Generated "%s".', name)
-    })
+    generate(name, tmp, to, logError)
   })
 }