diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 31b83eb..de53e49 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ docker pull ghcr.io/canonical/gocert:latest
 docker run -d --name gocert -p 3000:3000 ghcr.io/canonical/gocert:latest
 # Push the 3 required files and restart the workload
 docker exec gocert /usr/bin/pebble mkdir -p /etc/gocert/config
+docker exec gocert /usr/bin/pebble mkdir -p /var/lib/gocert/database
 docker cp key.pem gocert:/etc/gocert/config/key.pem
 docker cp cert.pem gocert:/etc/gocert/config/cert.pem
 docker cp config.yaml gocert:/etc/gocert/config/config.yaml
@@ -60,4 +61,4 @@ You will need to build the frontend first, and then install gocert with Go.
 ```bash
 npm install --prefix ui && npm run build --prefix ui && go install ./...
 gocert -config ./config.yaml
-```
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+```