diff --git a/compose/bin/setup-ssl-ca b/compose/bin/setup-ssl-ca
index e21712e3a..6c9477274 100755
--- a/compose/bin/setup-ssl-ca
+++ b/compose/bin/setup-ssl-ca
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
     ### Check if distribution directory exists
     DistDirectory="/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/Resources/distribution"
     if [ ! -d "$DistDirectory" ]; then
-      sudo mkdir "$DistDirectory"
+      sudo mkdir -p "$DistDirectory"
     fi
     ### Move the newly created policies.json to the Certificates directory
     sudo mv policies.json "$DistDirectory"/policies.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
     ### Check if Certificates directory exists
     CertDirectory="/Library/Application Support/Mozilla/Certificates"
     if [ ! -d "$CertDirectory" ]; then
-      sudo mkdir "$CertDirectory"
+      sudo mkdir -p "$CertDirectory"
     fi
 
     ### Move the newly created .pem to the Certificates directory