diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 777b0ae..ab6faf6 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ case "${TARGET}" in
 		;;
 esac
 
+if [[ ! -d "${destination}" ]] ; then
+    mkdir -p "${destination}" || echo "Failed to create target directory for deployment!"
+fi
+
 rm -rf "${destination}/*"
 rm -rf "${destination}/.??*"
 cp -a dencode.css dencode.js index.html quoted-printable.js utf8.js "${destination}"