diff --git a/seednode/deployment_v2/docker/install_seednode_debian.sh b/seednode/deployment_v2/docker/install_seednode_debian.sh
index 22f8800f54..a3618eea62 100755
--- a/seednode/deployment_v2/docker/install_seednode_debian.sh
+++ b/seednode/deployment_v2/docker/install_seednode_debian.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
 sudo systemctl enable docker
 sudo systemctl start docker
 
+mkdir bitcoind_data_dir
+
 sudo docker swarm init
 sudo docker stack deploy --compose-file docker-compose.yml bisq-seednode