diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8621919..350a483 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ a.out
 *.log
 *.exe
 chytesting
+disk0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/labcodes/lab8/Makefile b/labcodes/lab8/Makefile
index d87f0a8..4aba038 100644
--- a/labcodes/lab8/Makefile
+++ b/labcodes/lab8/Makefile
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ $(foreach p,$(USER_BINS),$(eval $(call fscopy,$(p),$(SFSROOT)$(SLASH))))
 $(SFSROOT):
 	if [ ! -d "$(SFSROOT)" ]; then mkdir $(SFSROOT); fi
 
+$(SFSROOT):
+	$(V)$(MKDIR) $@
+
 $(SFSIMG): $(SFSROOT) $(SFSBINS) | $(call totarget,mksfs)
 	$(V)dd if=/dev/zero of=$@ bs=1M count=128
 	@$(call totarget,mksfs) $@ $(SFSROOT)
diff --git a/labcodes_answer/lab8_result/Makefile b/labcodes_answer/lab8_result/Makefile
index 0f28ca1..2ca4155 100644
--- a/labcodes_answer/lab8_result/Makefile
+++ b/labcodes_answer/lab8_result/Makefile
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ endef
 
 $(foreach p,$(USER_BINS),$(eval $(call fscopy,$(p),$(SFSROOT)$(SLASH))))
 
+$(SFSROOT):
+	$(V)$(MKDIR) $@
+
 $(SFSIMG): $(SFSROOT) $(SFSBINS) | $(call totarget,mksfs)
 	$(V)dd if=/dev/zero of=$@ bs=1M count=128
 	@$(call totarget,mksfs) $@ $(SFSROOT)