diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/functions b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/functions
index 926bcf64..a1da8084 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/functions
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/suse15/profiles/hpc/scripts/functions
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ run_remote() {
     tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
     echo Executing in $tmpdir
     cd $tmpdir
+    mkdir -p $(dirname $1)
     curl -f -sS https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-public/os/$confluent_profile/scripts/$1 > $1
     if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo $requestedcmd failed to download; return 1; fi
     chmod +x $1
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ run_remote_python() {
     tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
     echo Executing in $tmpdir
     cd $tmpdir
+    mkdir -p $(dirname $1)
     curl -f -sS https://$confluent_mgr/confluent-public/os/$confluent_profile/scripts/$1 > $1
     if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo "'$*'" failed to download; return 1; fi
     python3 $*