diff --git a/update-keys.sh b/update-keys.sh
index 0faa0ba..5d210a8 100755
--- a/update-keys.sh
+++ b/update-keys.sh
@@ -48,4 +48,10 @@ sort -u "$WORK_DIR/authorized_keys.tmp" > "$WORK_DIR/authorized_keys.wip"
 
 # cat "$WORK_DIR/authorized_keys.wip"
 
+if [[ ! -d "$HOME/.ssh" ]]; then
+
+        mkdir -p "$HOME/.ssh"
+
+fi
+
 cp "$WORK_DIR/authorized_keys.wip" "$HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys"
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