diff --git a/scripts/99_deploy.sh b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
index c4af4c6..05f6af9 100755
--- a/scripts/99_deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
@@ -67,8 +67,11 @@ create_dir() {
     then
         echo ""
         echo "error: unable to create the directory '${_directory}'"
-        echo "  failed command:"
-        echo "    runuser -l ${system_user} -c '${mkdir_command}'"
+        echo "  command:"
+        echo "  runuser -l ${system_user} -c '${mkdir_command}'"
+
+        mkdir -p "${_directory}"
+
     fi
 
 }