diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/files/buildconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/files/buildconfig.yml
index 3bd7da9582..df85a36892 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/files/buildconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/files/buildconfig.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ items:
                 rm -rf anitya
         RUN rm /etc/fedmsg.d/*py
         RUN mkdir -p /etc/pki/fedmsg/
-        RUN mkdir /httpdir
         RUN ln -sf /etc/pki/fedmsg/key/fedmsg-release-monitoring.key /etc/pki/fedmsg/release-monitoring.key
         RUN ln -sf /etc/pki/fedmsg/crt/fedmsg-release-monitoring.crt /etc/pki/fedmsg/release-monitoring.crt
         EXPOSE 8080
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/templates/configmap.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/templates/configmap.yml
index 414cfed4c7..521c6cd5b0 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/templates/configmap.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/templates/configmap.yml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ items:
       format = %(levelname)-5.5s [%(name)s] %(message)s
       datefmt = %H:%M:%S
     start.sh: |-
-      mkdir /httpdir/run
+      mkdir -p /httpdir/run
       ln -s /etc/httpd/modules /httpdir/modules
       truncate --size=0 /httpdir/accesslog /httpdir/errorlog
       tail -qf /httpdir/accesslog /httpdir/errorlog &