diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/functions b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/functions
index 14bce404..c299d30d 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/functions
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el7/profiles/default/scripts/functions
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ fetch_remote() {
         curlargs=" --cacert /etc/confluent/ca.pem"
     fi
     set_confluent_vars
+    mkdir -p $(dirname $1)
     curl -f -sS $curlargs https://$mgr/confluent-public/os/$profile/scripts/$1 > $1
     if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo $1 failed to download; return 1; fi
 }
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ run_remote() {
     tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
     echo Executing in $tmpdir
     cd $tmpdir
+    mkdir -p $(dirname $1)
     curl -f -sS $curlargs https://$mgr/confluent-public/os/$profile/scripts/$1 > $1
     if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo $requestedcmd failed to download; return 1; fi
     chmod +x $1
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ run_remote_python() {
     tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
     echo Executing in $tmpdir
     cd $tmpdir
+    mkdir -p $(dirname $1)
     curl -f -sS $curlargs https://$mgr/confluent-public/os/$profile/scripts/$1 > $1
     if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo "'$*'" failed to download; return 1; fi
     /usr/libexec/platform-python $*
diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/functions b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/functions
index 14bce404..c299d30d 100644
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/functions
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/el8/profiles/default/scripts/functions
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ fetch_remote() {
         curlargs=" --cacert /etc/confluent/ca.pem"
     fi
     set_confluent_vars
+    mkdir -p $(dirname $1)
     curl -f -sS $curlargs https://$mgr/confluent-public/os/$profile/scripts/$1 > $1
     if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo $1 failed to download; return 1; fi
 }
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ run_remote() {
     tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
     echo Executing in $tmpdir
     cd $tmpdir
+    mkdir -p $(dirname $1)
     curl -f -sS $curlargs https://$mgr/confluent-public/os/$profile/scripts/$1 > $1
     if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo $requestedcmd failed to download; return 1; fi
     chmod +x $1
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ run_remote_python() {
     tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
     echo Executing in $tmpdir
     cd $tmpdir
+    mkdir -p $(dirname $1)
     curl -f -sS $curlargs https://$mgr/confluent-public/os/$profile/scripts/$1 > $1
     if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo "'$*'" failed to download; return 1; fi
     /usr/libexec/platform-python $*