diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
index 98b0ec9..7e6e873 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ mkDerivation {
 	buildPhase = ''
 		runHook preBuild
 
-		mkdir -p /build/lib/python3.11/site-packages/opentelemetry/exporter/otlp/proto
+		mkdir -p /build/lib/python3.11/site-packages
 
 		# Python dependencies
 
@@ -118,8 +118,12 @@ mkDerivation {
 		done
 
 		${ concatStringsSep "\n" ( map ( dependency : ''
+
+			mkdir -p /build/lib/python3.11/site-packages/${ dependency . subDirectory }
+
 			ln -s ${ dependency . package }/lib/python3.11/site-packages/${ dependency . subDirectory }/* \
 				/build/lib/python3.11/site-packages/${ dependency . subDirectory }/
+
 		'' ) overlappingPythonDependencies ) }
 
 		export PYTHONPATH=/build/lib/python3.11/site-packages
@@ -152,8 +156,12 @@ mkDerivation {
 		done
 
 		${ concatStringsSep "\n" ( map ( dependency : ''
+
+			mkdir -p $out/lib/python3.11/site-packages/${ dependency . subDirectory }
+
 			ln -s ${ dependency . package }/lib/python3.11/site-packages/${ dependency . subDirectory }/* \
 				$out/lib/python3.11/site-packages/${ dependency . subDirectory }/
+
 		'' ) overlappingPythonDependencies ) }
 
 		# Python packages