diff --git a/bin/setup b/bin/setup
index fbeacf7e1c4..842543deb85 100755
--- a/bin/setup
+++ b/bin/setup
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Dir.chdir APP_ROOT do
   run "test -L certs/saml2018.crt || cp certs/saml2018.crt.example certs/saml2018.crt"
 
   puts "== Copying GeoLite2 City database =="
-  run "test -L geo_data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb || mkdir geo_data && cd geo_data && " \
+  run "test -L geo_data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb || mkdir -p geo_data && cd geo_data && " \
       "curl http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLite2-City.tar.gz | tar xvz"
   run "mv geo_data/GeoLite2-City_20181120/GeoLite2-City.mmdb geo_data/GeoLite2-City.mmdb"