diff --git a/firmware/config/boards/common_make.sh b/firmware/config/boards/common_make.sh
index 570c0a05c2..0041380cd1 100644
--- a/firmware/config/boards/common_make.sh
+++ b/firmware/config/boards/common_make.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 export PROJECT_BOARD=$1
 export PROJECT_CPU=$2
 
+# fail on error
+set -e
+
 SCRIPT_NAME="common_make.sh"
 echo "Entering $SCRIPT_NAME with board $1 and CPU $2"
 
 cd ../../..
 
-mkdir .dep
+mkdir -p .dep
 # todo: start using env variable for number of threads or for '-r'
 make -j$(nproc) -r PROJECT_BOARD=$PROJECT_BOARD PROJECT_CPU=$PROJECT_CPU
 [ -e build/rusefi.hex ] || { echo "FAILED to compile by $SCRIPT_NAME with $PROJECT_BOARD $DEBUG_LEVEL_OPT and $EXTRA_PARAMS"; exit 1; }
@@ -28,8 +31,6 @@ chmod u+x $HEX2DFU
 mkdir -p deliver
 rm -f deliver/*
 
-set -e
-
 echo "$SCRIPT_NAME: invoking hex2dfu for incremental rusEFI image"
 $HEX2DFU -i build/rusefi.hex -C 0x1C -o build/rusefi.dfu