diff --git a/bin/scriptamanent b/bin/scriptamanent
index 4d11501..f2b64b8 100755
--- a/bin/scriptamanent
+++ b/bin/scriptamanent
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ inspice() {
   url="${1}"
   dst="${2}"
   if [ ! -e "${dst}" ] ; then
-      mkdir -p "`realpath ${dst}/..`"
+      mkdir -p "`echo \`realpath "${dst}"\` | sed 's|/[^/]\+/\?$|/|'`"
       ${git} clone "${url}" "$dst"
   else
       indica "${dst} already present, skipping"