diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a480fd7..d3310e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ swapon -a
 ~~~bash
 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/
 mkdir /mnt/etc/
+mkdir /mnt/etc/nixos
 mkdir /etc/nixos
 mkdir /mnt/nix
 mkdir /nix