diff --git a/ingestor/Dockerfile b/ingestor/Dockerfile
index fade9cda11a5fdbb0471d955dd3776ad5c4b5e8d..5ff08500c1f8903754c39f76bc056c6bd3ee49a6 100644
--- a/ingestor/Dockerfile
+++ b/ingestor/Dockerfile
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ USER root
 ADD install.sh requirements.txt \
     /
 RUN /install.sh
-RUN mkdir /ingestor /var/ingestor/fail /var/ingestor/success
+RUN mkdir /ingestor 
+RUN mkdir -p /var/ingestor/fail /var/ingestor/success
 COPY app.py config.py filedaemon.py /
 COPY ingestor/ /ingestor