diff --git a/scripts/99_deploy.sh b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
index 422245b..c3c96fd 100755
--- a/scripts/99_deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ create_dir() {
     _directory=$1
 
     mkdir_command="mkdir -p \"${_directory}\""
+    echo "${mkdir_command}"
     runuser -l ${system_user} -c '${mkdir_command}'
 
 }
@@ -325,6 +326,7 @@ if [ ${operation} == "dots" ] ; then
     # helix
     file_name=config.toml
     file_path=/home/${system_user}/.config/helix
+    create_dir ${file_path}
     deploy_file "${dots_trg}/helix/${file_name}" "${file_path}/${file_name}"
 
     # nitrogen