diff --git a/.devcontainer/setup.sh b/.devcontainer/setup.sh
index 3f5bf8334d7..5ada036c755 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/setup.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/setup.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -eEuo pipefail
-mkdir /workspaces/qmk_firmware /workspaces/via_userspace /workspaces/via_keyboards /workspaces/qmk_firmware_upstream
+mkdir -p /workspaces/qmk_firmware /workspaces/via_userspace /workspaces/via_keyboards /workspaces/qmk_firmware_upstream
 
 wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
 python3 get-pip.py