diff --git a/user/create_deploy_user.sh b/user/create_deploy_user.sh
index 3f404bb..cf97cee 100644
--- a/user/create_deploy_user.sh
+++ b/user/create_deploy_user.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 function create_deploy_user() {
   username="deploy"
-  echo "[ USER ]: Starting user $usernname setup"
+
+  home_dir="/home/$username"
+
+  echo "[ USER ]: Starting user $username setup"
+  mkdir -p $home_dir
   sudo useradd $username
   echo "[ USER ]: Set a password for user [$username]:"
   sudo passwd $username
diff --git a/user/create_user.sh b/user/create_user.sh
index 7f6b039..42bb61d 100644
--- a/user/create_user.sh
+++ b/user/create_user.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 function create_user() {
   username=$1
 
-  echo "[ USER ]: Starting user setup"
+  home_dir="/home/$username"
+
+  echo "[ USER ]: Starting user $username setup"
+  mkdir -p $home_dir
   sudo useradd $username
   echo "[ USER ]: Set a password for $username:"
   sudo passwd "$username"