diff --git a/scripts/99_deploy.sh b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
index d5dd87f..de69246 100755
--- a/scripts/99_deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ create_dir() {
 
     echo "<!> _directory: '${_directory}'"
 
-    runuser -l ${system_user} -c 'mkdir -p "${_directory}"'
+    mkdir_command='mkdir -p "${_directory}"'
+
+    runuser -l ${system_user} -c ${mkdir_command}
 
     #mkdir -p ${_directory}
     #chown ${system_user}:${system_user} ${_directory}