diff --git a/install/scripts/copy-user.sh b/install/scripts/copy-user.sh
index ed00cb8..345ef58 100755
--- a/install/scripts/copy-user.sh
+++ b/install/scripts/copy-user.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ if [[ ! $subdir == "shell" ]]; then
 fi
 
 sdir=$user_home/$subdir
-echo -e "***********  create UCI BASH Shell directories for user in $dir *******"
+echo -e "***********  create UCI BASH Shell directories for user in $sdir *******"
 # subdirs="alias env ssh/config ssh/mounts /startup"
+mkdir -p $sdir
 for dir in $(cat $BASH_SHELL_BASE/.bash-shell-include); do
  mkdir -p $sdir/$dir
 done