diff --git a/base-image-script/bootstrap-rootfs.sh b/base-image-script/bootstrap-rootfs.sh
index fc0df92..840caef 100644
--- a/base-image-script/bootstrap-rootfs.sh
+++ b/base-image-script/bootstrap-rootfs.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ echo "[INFO] Rootfs size:"
 du -sh "$ROOTFS_DIR"
 
 echo "[INFO] Creating compressed base image..."
-mkdir -p "$OUTPUT_DIR"
+mkdir -p "/$OUTPUT_DIR/$DEBIAN_RELEASE"
 tar -cjf "$TARBALL" -C "$ROOTFS_DIR" .
 
 ls -lh "$TARBALL"