diff --git a/homedirs.sh b/homedirs.sh
index 3698b6a53f616f1da71b2851a65edf756016dc0d..61137796a6b5d969cbd1c225ecf535dcee624c0d 100755
--- a/homedirs.sh
+++ b/homedirs.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ for ruser in "${ruserar[@]}"
     # symlink .rstudio directory to work storage
     if [ ! -d $work$ruser/$rstudiodir ]
       then
+        mkdir -m 770 -p $work$ruser
         mkdir -p $work$ruser/$rstudiodir
         mkdir -p $home$ruser/$rstudiodir
         setfacl  -m u:$monitoringuser:rx $work$ruser