diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 021bd05..f5cd80e 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ dependencies:
   pre:
     - cabal update
     - cabal install hsc2hs
-    - mkdir ~/.local/bin
+    - mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
     - curl -L https://www.stackage.org/stack/linux-x86_64 \
         | tar xz --wildcards --strip-components=1 -C ~/.local/bin '*/stack'
     - nvm install $NODE