diff --git a/extraFiles/my_spawner.py b/extraFiles/my_spawner.py
index 4aebb4b3a66f451d5a3b0c7519582267077d993a..da81f5505344a784f4b7598a7e3a625390ceacd6 100644
--- a/extraFiles/my_spawner.py
+++ b/extraFiles/my_spawner.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class MySpawner(KubeSpawner):
                             'command': [
                                 'sh',
                                 '-c',
-                                'cp /home/jovyan/shared/.software/desktop-init.sh /home/jovyan/Desktop/ || true'
+                                'mkdir -p /home/jovyan/Desktop && cp /home/jovyan/shared/.software/desktop-init.sh /home/jovyan/Desktop/ || true'
 #                                '/home/jovyan/shared/.software/prog-desktop.sh || true',
                             ]
                         }