diff --git a/script/backup.sh b/script/backup.sh
index 462aef6abe..114a8352c6 100755
--- a/script/backup.sh
+++ b/script/backup.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 
 set -e
 
+mkdir -p db/backup
 ssh $1 "pg_dump -h localhost -U openfoodweb openfoodweb_production |gzip" > db/backup/$1-`date +%Y%m%d`.sql.gz