diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 75d86329bae08645305195dd2bdff4044ef4001d..c9725ec5393277e2c553401b0c0fb750c4f3e4dc 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # Install maap-py so we can use MAAP Secrets in run.sh
 conda run --no-capture-output --name mytobac python -m pip install maap-py
 
+mkdir -p "${HOME}/local/bin"
 wget https://www.hdfeos.org/software/h4cflib/bin/linux/v1.4/CentOS7/h4tonccf_nc4 -O "${HOME}/local/bin/h4tonccr_nc4"