diff --git a/automation/apply.sh b/automation/apply.sh
index 5528367..612bf85 100755
--- a/automation/apply.sh
+++ b/automation/apply.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/bash
-./git-portfolio /root/data/small/caddy/srv/seanhealy.ie/projects/
+dst=/root/data/small/caddy/srv/seanhealy.ie/projects
+dst_dir=$(dirname "$dst")
+if [ ! -d "$dst_dir" ]; then
+  echo "Destination directory does not exist: $dst_dir"
+  exit 1
+fi
+mkdir -p "$dst_dir"
+./git-portfolio "$dst"