diff --git a/hosts/sisyphe/features/services/akkoma.nix b/hosts/sisyphe/features/services/akkoma.nix
index 376624a..63b811b 100644
--- a/hosts/sisyphe/features/services/akkoma.nix
+++ b/hosts/sisyphe/features/services/akkoma.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ let
     akkoma = super.akkoma.overrideAttrs (old: {
       postPatch = ''
         ${old.postPatch}
+
+        mkdir -p priv/static/themes
         cp ${themeSrc} priv/static/themes/${theme}.json
         cp ${pkgs.writeText "styles.json" styles} priv/static/themes
         cp ${tosFile} priv/static/terms-of-service.html