diff --git a/util/install_linux.sh b/util/install_linux.sh
index be4569d1..089243e2 100755
--- a/util/install_linux.sh
+++ b/util/install_linux.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
 # remove all fonts from ~/.local/share/fonts that start with "Monaspace"
 rm -rf ~/.local/share/fonts/Monaspace*
 
+# Create the directory ~/.local/share/fonts if it doesn't exist
+mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
+
 # copy all fonts from ./otf to ~/.local/share/fonts
-cp ./fonts/otf/* ~/.local/share/fonts
+cp ../fonts/otf/* ~/.local/share/fonts
 
 # copy variable fonts from ./variable to ~/.local/share/fonts
-cp ./fonts/variable/* ~/.local/share/fonts
+cp ../fonts/variable/* ~/.local/share/fonts
 
 # Build font information caches
 fc-cache -f