diff --git a/.maintain/run_simnode.sh b/.maintain/run_simnode.sh
index f92aeabba1c..a26fbf5a037 100755
--- a/.maintain/run_simnode.sh
+++ b/.maintain/run_simnode.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ VERSIONS_FILES=(
 /home/runner/.cargo/bin/rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown --toolchain nightly
 /home/runner/.cargo/bin/cargo build --release -p simnode
 sudo chown -R runner:runner target/release/simnode && sudo chmod +x target/release/simnode
-sudo chown -R runner:runner /tmp/db
+sudo mkdir -p /tmp/db && sudo chown -R runner:runner /tmp/db
 YDATE=$(date -d yesterday +'%m-%d-%Y')
 
 run_simnode() {