diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/snapd.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/snapd.rb
index 9cf8895..7b0e6f4 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/snapd.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/snapd.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ template "#{bitcoin_datadir}/bitcoin.conf" do
   # notifies :reload, "service[bitcoin]", :delayed
 end
 
+directory "/home/#{bitcoin_user}/snap/bitcoin-core/common/.bitcoin" do
+  owner bitcoin_user
+  group bitcoin_group
+  mode '0750'
+  recursive true
+  action :create
+end
+
 mount "/home/#{bitcoin_user}/snap/bitcoin-core/common/.bitcoin" do
   device node['bitcoin']['data_dir']
   fstype 'none'