diff --git a/local-pkgs-gnu/packages/actual-server-installer.scm b/local-pkgs-gnu/packages/actual-server-installer.scm
index eb22fa0..4ecd2bc 100644
--- a/local-pkgs-gnu/packages/actual-server-installer.scm
+++ b/local-pkgs-gnu/packages/actual-server-installer.scm
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
     (if (< (length args) 1)
         (error "Usage: script.scm <directory>"))
     (let ((directory (car args)))
+
+(mkdir-p directory)
+
 (run-and-display-command (string-append "guix shell --container --network --pure --no-cwd --emulate-fhs --share=" directory "=/actual-server --user=build actual-server-installer -- bash -c 'guile $GUIX_ENVIRONMENT/lib/actual-server-installer/build.scm'"))
 
 (run-and-display-command (string-append "cd " directory))