diff --git a/test/ci-runtests.sh b/test/ci-runtests.sh
index b4f79b0f7d1f..cfccf33d881b 100755
--- a/test/ci-runtests.sh
+++ b/test/ci-runtests.sh
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ function download_e2e_executable {
     local url="${package_repo}/$version/additional-files/$filename"
 
     echo "Downloading e2e executable for $version ($os) from $url"
-    mkdir $PACKAGES_DIR
+    mkdir -p $PACKAGES_DIR
     if [[ ! -f "$PACKAGES_DIR/$filename" ]]; then
         curl -sf -o "$PACKAGES_DIR/$filename" $url
     fi
@@ -229,13 +229,13 @@ echo "**********************************"
 # find "$PACKAGES_DIR/" -type f ! \( -name "*${OLD_APP_VERSION}_*" -o -name "*${OLD_APP_VERSION}.*" -o -name "*${NEW_APP_VERSION}*" \) -delete || true
 
 function build_test_runner {
-    local targets=()
+    local target=""
     if [[ "${TEST_OS}" =~ "debian"|"ubuntu"|"fedora" ]]; then
-        targets+=("x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu")
+        target="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
     elif [[ "${TEST_OS}" =~ "windows" ]]; then
-        targets+=("x86_64-pc-windows-gnu")
+        target="x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
     elif [[ "${TEST_OS}" =~ "macos" ]]; then
-        targets+=("aarch64-apple-darwin")
+        target="aarch64-apple-darwin"
     fi
     TARGET=$target ./build.sh
 }