diff --git a/net/common.sh b/net/common.sh
index c5658d751..7f64cf9c0 100644
--- a/net/common.sh
+++ b/net/common.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ netDir=$(
   echo "$PWD"
 )
 netConfigDir="$netDir"/config
+mkdir -p "$netConfigDir"
 
 SOLANA_ROOT="$netDir"/..
 # shellcheck source=scripts/configure-metrics.sh