diff --git a/test/test.bats b/test/test.bats
index 8eb5a17..1c12bfd 100644
--- a/test/test.bats
+++ b/test/test.bats
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export RUNNER_TEMP="/foo/runner_temp"
 # This function runs before every test
 function setup() {
     # Simulate the Dockerfile COPY command
-    [ -d "${RUNNER_TEMP}/code/" ] || sudo mkdir ${RUNNER_TEMP}/code/
+    [ -d "${RUNNER_TEMP}/code/" ] || sudo mkdir -p ${RUNNER_TEMP}/code/
     [ -f "${RUNNER_TEMP}/code/codespell-matcher.json" ] || sudo cp codespell-problem-matcher/codespell-matcher.json ${RUNNER_TEMP}/code/
 
     # Set default input values