diff --git a/scripts/99_deploy.sh b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
index 0722b11..c4af4c6 100755
--- a/scripts/99_deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/99_deploy.sh
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ create_dir() {
     if ! [ -d "$_directory" ]
     then
         echo ""
-        echo "error: unable to create the directory '${_directory}' as user '${system_user}'"
-        echo "  failed command: '${mkdir_command}'"
+        echo "error: unable to create the directory '${_directory}'"
+        echo "  failed command:"
+        echo "    runuser -l ${system_user} -c '${mkdir_command}'"
     fi
 
 }