diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index f000d2b7e98a93670cb21d9a0a3df810ebe887fb..f7af7431ae3d335758bfc79ac211009f63a328a9 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ provisioner "remote-exec" {
 
 provisioner "remote-exec" {
     inline = [
+      "sudo mkdir -p /data/xdmod/queues",
       "sudo mount ${module.create-ohpc-instance.device[0]}1 /var/lib/mysql",
       "sudo mount ${module.create-ohpc-instance.device[1]}1 /data/xdmod/queues",
       "sudo df -h",