MIN_TAGS="$1"
     TAGS_USER="$2"
     PATH_CONF_HOME=../home
+    PATH_USER_BIN="${PATH_USER_HOME}/.local/bin"
 
     echo "\nSetting up root user's home directory."
     copy_dirtree "${PATH_CONF_HOME}" '/root' ${MIN_TAGS} root
     adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" "${USERNAME}"
     usermod -a -G sudo "${USERNAME}"
     copy_dirtree "${PATH_CONF_HOME}" "${PATH_USER_HOME}" ${MIN_TAGS} ${TAGS_USER}
-    cd "${PATH_USER_HOME}/.local/bin"
+    mkdir -p "${PATH_USER_BIN}"
+    cd "${PATH_USER_BIN}"
     ln -s ../../.plomlib.sh lib
     cd -
     chown -R "${USERNAME}:${USERNAME}" "${PATH_USER_HOME}"