diff --git a/makepkg-ci b/makepkg-ci
index c4b1e90..2d0778c 100755
--- a/makepkg-ci
+++ b/makepkg-ci
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ mkdir "/tmp/$did"
 pkg_dest=$1
 pkg_url=$2
 
-#podman run --userns=keep-id -u root --rm -v "/tmp/$did:/buildroot" "spark:autobuilder" /build
+mkdir -p "$pkg_dest" || exit 1
+
 git clone "$pkg_url" "/tmp/$did"
 cd "/tmp/$did"
 makepkg-podman --noconfirm -sL