diff --git a/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md b/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
index a0ae93c..fde969d 100644
--- a/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
+++ b/docs/08-bootstrapping-kubernetes-controllers.md
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ EOF
 Move the `kube-controller-manager` kubeconfig into place:
 
 ```
-sudo mv kube-controller-manager.kubeconfig /var/lib/kubernetes/
+{
+  sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/kubernetes/
+  sudo mv kube-controller-manager.kubeconfig /var/lib/kubernetes/
+}
 ```
 
 Create the `kube-controller-manager.service` systemd unit file: