diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6a87daf12..91b81abda 100755
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ COPY --chown=node:node ./desci-contracts/.openzeppelin ./src/desci-contracts-con
 # copy contract abis
 RUN rm -r ./src/desci-contracts-artifacts
 RUN mkdir ./src/desci-contracts-artifacts
-RUN mkdir /app/desci-repo/repo-tmp
+RUN mkdir -p /app/desci-repo/repo-tmp
 COPY --chown=node:node ./desci-contracts/artifacts ./src/desci-contracts-artifacts
 
 RUN mv package.json package.json.old
diff --git a/desci-repo/Dockerfile b/desci-repo/Dockerfile
index 924c02141..054e64de6 100644
--- a/desci-repo/Dockerfile
+++ b/desci-repo/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ RUN npm install -g npm@8.10.0
 RUN mkdir /app
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN mkdir /app/repo-tmp
+RUN mkdir -p /app/desci-repo/repo-tmp
 
 COPY . .