diff --git a/content/packages-and-modules/getting-packages-from-the-registry/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally.mdx b/content/packages-and-modules/getting-packages-from-the-registry/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally.mdx
index 42d294f37a2..790f628a2d6 100644
--- a/content/packages-and-modules/getting-packages-from-the-registry/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally.mdx
+++ b/content/packages-and-modules/getting-packages-from-the-registry/resolving-eacces-permissions-errors-when-installing-packages-globally.mdx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ To minimize the chance of permissions errors, you can configure npm to use a dif
 2. On the command line, in your home directory, create a directory for global installations:
 
    ```
-   mkdir ~/.npm-global
+   mkdir -p ~/.npm-global/lib
    ```
 
 3. Configure npm to use the new directory path: