diff --git a/scripts/99_deploy.sh b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
index c3c96fd..99deb3e 100755
--- a/scripts/99_deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
@@ -61,9 +61,14 @@ create_dir() {
     _directory=$1
 
     mkdir_command="mkdir -p \"${_directory}\""
-    echo "${mkdir_command}"
     runuser -l ${system_user} -c '${mkdir_command}'
 
+    if ! [ -d "$_directory" ]
+    then
+        echo "error: unable to created the directory '${_directory}'"
+        echo "failed command: '${mkdir_command}'"
+    fi
+
 }
 
 deploy_file() {