diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index e1be1f0..388e3f8 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ ARG COMPOSER_VERSION='' # composer version number like "2.1" or empty for the la
 COPY start-container /usr/local/bin/start-container
 
 RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
-	&& export NVM_DIR="/home/laravel/.nvm"\
 	&& apt-get -y update \
 	&& apt-get install -y curl php php-xml php-curl php-xml php-mbstring \
 	&& useradd --create-home --uid=$USER_UID $USERNAME \
+	&& export NVM_DIR="/home/laravel/.nvm" \
+	&& mkdir $NVM_DIR \
 	&& chmod +x /usr/local/bin/start-container \
 	&& echo "install nvm and node" \
 	&& curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.3/install.sh | bash \