diff --git a/nix/cache.nix b/nix/cache.nix
index 2d57d57..a7f659a 100644
--- a/nix/cache.nix
+++ b/nix/cache.nix
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ in writeShellApplication {
 	];
 	text = ''
 		mc alias set storage "$STORAGE_URL" root "$MINIO_SECRET"
+		mkdir -p cache
 	'' + (concatStringsSep "\n" (
 		map (d: ''
 			url=$(echo var.iso.url | packer console -var-file="${distroFile d}" -config-type=hcl2 sources/)