diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index b1ad3e0..19a2917 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ steps:
         from_secret: deploy-key
       source: ./
       target: /var/www/jshaver_net/stage/${DRONE_BRANCH}/resume
+      prescript: mkdir -p /var/www/jshaver_net/stage/${DRONE_BRANCH}/resume
       recursive: true
       args:
         - "--files-from=deploy-list.txt"