diff --git a/sbapp/sideband/core.py b/sbapp/sideband/core.py
index ca2b3ca..e0753fe 100644
--- a/sbapp/sideband/core.py
+++ b/sbapp/sideband/core.py
@@ -4730,15 +4730,16 @@ class SidebandCore():
                 # invalid certificate to the server. This will always
                 # happen from some clients when using a self-signed
                 # certificate, so we don't care.
-                server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.handle_orig = server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.handle
-                def handle(self):
-                    try:
-                        self.handle_orig()
-                    except ssl.SSLError:
-                        pass
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        RNS.log("HTTP server exception: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-                server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.handle = handle
+                if not hasattr(server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler, "handle_orig"):
+                    server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.handle_orig = server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.handle
+                    def handle(self):
+                        try:
+                            self.handle_orig()
+                        except ssl.SSLError:
+                            pass
+                        except Exception as e:
+                            RNS.log("HTTP server exception: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                    server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.handle = handle
                 #######################################################
 
                 socketserver.TCPServer.allow_reuse_address = True