diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 43d5bc5..d7e9658 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ $ ./run.sh 2
 ```
 
 ## Sample Word Count
-Follow below steps to run the word count example that is "hello world" of  hadoop community.
+Ensure that "maven" is installed in your machine to compile Java code, than follow below steps to run the word count example that is "hello world" of  hadoop community.
 ```sh
 $ cd codeSamples/
 ```
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index 9db9300..2363fc7 100755
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ do
     echo "slave$i" >> ./conf/slaves
 done
 
+# Check if the hadoopNetwork exists before attempting to remove it
+if [[ $(docker network ls -f name=hadoopNetwork -q) ]]; then
+    docker network rm hadoopNetwork
+fi
+
 #Create a network named "hadoopNetwork"
-docker network rm hadoopNetwork && docker network create -d bridge   --subnet 172.25.0.0/16  hadoopNetwork
+docker network create -d bridge --subnet 172.25.0.0/16 hadoopNetwork
 
 #Create base hadoop image named "base-hadoop:1.0"
 docker build -t base-hadoop:1.0 .