diff --git a/setup b/setup
index 8a69b5f..c3fed07 100755
--- a/setup
+++ b/setup
@@ -155,9 +155,10 @@ link_files() {
   ln -s "${PWD}/config/motion.conf" "/etc/motion/motion.conf"
   ln -s "${PWD}/config/msmtprc" "${MOTION_DIR}/.msmtprc"
   ln -s "${PWD}/config/muttrc"  "${MOTION_DIR}/.muttrc"
-  ln -s "${PWD}/scripts/alert" "${MOTION_DIR}/alert"
-  ln -s "${PWD}/scripts/notify" "${MOTION_DIR}/notify"
-  ln -s "${PWD}/scripts/sync" "${MOTION_DIR}/sync"
+  mkdir -p "${MOTION_DIR}/scripts"
+  ln -s "${PWD}/scripts/alert" "${MOTION_DIR}/scripts/alert"
+  ln -s "${PWD}/scripts/notify" "${MOTION_DIR}/scripts/notify"
+  ln -s "${PWD}/scripts/sync" "${MOTION_DIR}/scripts/sync"
 }
 
 main() {