diff --git a/bin/create b/bin/create
index 05393fed..736fa142 100755
--- a/bin/create
+++ b/bin/create
@@ -38,11 +38,13 @@ fi
 # update the cordova-android framework for the desired target
 android update project --target $TARGET --path ./framework
 
-# Use curl to get the jar (TODO: Support Apache Mirrors)
-curl -OL http://mirror.symnds.com/software/Apache//commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.6-bin.zip
-unzip commons-codec-1.6-bin.zip
-mkdir ./framework/libs
-cp commons-codec-1.6/commons-codec-1.6.jar ./framework/libs/
+if [ ! -e ./framework/libs/commons-codec-1.6.jar ]; then
+    # Use curl to get the jar (TODO: Support Apache Mirrors)
+    curl -OL http://mirror.symnds.com/software/Apache//commons/codec/binaries/commons-codec-1.6-bin.zip
+    unzip commons-codec-1.6-bin.zip
+    mkdir -p ./framework/libs
+    cp commons-codec-1.6/commons-codec-1.6.jar ./framework/libs/
+fi
 
 # compile cordova.js and cordova.jar
 cd ./framework && ant jar && cd ../