diff --git a/src/freedombone-client b/src/freedombone-client
index d7b3e229..b2aa0651 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-client
+++ b/src/freedombone-client
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ configure_ssh_client
 configure_monkeysphere
 if [[ $MESH_CLIENT_INSTALL == $'yes' || $MESH_CLIENT_INSTALL == $'y' || $MESH_CLIENT_INSTALL == $'on' ]]; then
 	echo $'Installing mesh packages'
-	${PROJECT_NAME}-mesh-install -f mesh_tox_node
-	${PROJECT_NAME}-mesh-install -f mesh_tox_client
+	sudo ${PROJECT_NAME}-mesh-install -f mesh_tox_node
+	sudo ${PROJECT_NAME}-mesh-install -f mesh_tox_client
 	${PROJECT_NAME}-mesh-install -f qtox
 	${PROJECT_NAME}-mesh-install -f batman_client
 fi
diff --git a/src/freedombone-mesh-install b/src/freedombone-mesh-install
index 790c294e..b391c6b4 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-mesh-install
+++ b/src/freedombone-mesh-install
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ function mesh_tox_node {
 	$CHROOT_PREFIX apt-get -y install libsodium13 libsodium-dev libcap2-bin
 	$CHROOT_PREFIX apt-get -y install libconfig9 libconfig-dev
 
+	$CHROOT_PREFIX mkdir -p $INSTALL_DIR	
 	$CHROOT_PREFIX git_clone $TOXCORE_REPO $INSTALL_DIR/toxcore
 	$CHROOT_PREFIX cd $INSTALL_DIR/toxcore
 	$CHROOT_PREFIX git checkout $TOXCORE_COMMIT -b $TOXCORE_COMMIT