diff --git a/provision.sh b/provision.sh
index 33b0e72a..974924d2 100644
--- a/provision.sh
+++ b/provision.sh
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export RAILS_ENV=development
 rake db:schema:load
 rake db:migrate
 rake db:seed
-sudo mkdir /shared
+sudo mkdir -p /shared
 chown -R vagrant /shared
 ln -sf /shared tmp/files #make sure you are running vagrant with admin privileges