diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 111df954b9d4b3dd95e2ed8afc0392825aedd83a..a556b9afa5b9794fc0758beece7505eeaeefb236 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ RUN wget --quiet --no-check-certificate https://repo.continuum.io/miniconda/Mini
 # Install Python packages and keras
 ENV NB_USER keras
 ENV NB_UID 1000
+RUN mkdir /userdata/kerasData
 
 RUN useradd -m -s /bin/bash -N -u $NB_UID $NB_USER && \
     chown $NB_USER $CONDA_DIR -R && \