diff --git a/scripts/99_deploy.sh b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
index d876150..1c5b0e9 100755
--- a/scripts/99_deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ create_dir() {
 
     echo "<!> mkdir_command: '${mkdir_command}'"
 
-    runuser -l ${system_user} -c ${mkdir_command}
+    runuser -l ${system_user} -c 'mkdir -p "${!_directory}"'
 
     #mkdir -p ${_directory}
     #chown ${system_user}:${system_user} ${_directory}