diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/gcp/init b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/gcp/init
index 527dc82..557d1b4 100644
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/gcp/init
+++ b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/gcp/init
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 # NOTE: overrides lib/tiny-cloud function
 # 	GCP ssh keys have a leading "<login>:" we should check/honor
 init__set_ssh_keys() {
+	mkdir -p "$ROOT/run/tiny-cloud"
 	local tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d "$ROOT/run/tiny-cloud/sshkeys-XXXXXX")
-	mkdir -p "$tmp_dir"
+	mkdir "$tmp_dir"
 	chmod 700 "$tmp_dir"
 	local userkey
 	local user