diff --git a/build_docs.py b/build_docs.py
index 5507e3e..ab0a46c 100644
--- a/build_docs.py
+++ b/build_docs.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import subprocess
 import os
 
+os.system("mkdir ./book")
 os.system("mkdir ./book/latest")
 os.system("mdbook build --dest-dir './book/latest'")
 tags = subprocess.run(["git", "tag"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).stdout.decode('utf-8')