diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index f926b7fc6..d59413dc2 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ parts:
       gradle -Djava.net.useSystemProxies=true -Dnightly=true -Dversionsuffix=CI-UNSTABLE clean downloadJres jar downloadUbuntuJvm copyToDist
     override-stage: |
       snapcraftctl stage
-      mkdir $SNAPCRAFT_STAGE/jar/jvm
+      mkdir -p $SNAPCRAFT_STAGE/jar/jvm
       cp -a /build/quelea/parts/quelea/build/dist/. $SNAPCRAFT_STAGE/jar
       cp -a /build/quelea/parts/quelea/build/zulu17.48.15-ca-fx-jdk17.0.10-linux_x64/. $SNAPCRAFT_STAGE/jvm
     override-prime: |