diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 01ee5a3d56031c324706f5f913d760b96bfa83b0..9fcda489f078dcfb09eb74758dff28f1efd45cc4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ENV PATH="${PATH}:${POETRY_VENV}/bin"
 WORKDIR /app
 
 RUN mkdir ./files
+RUN mkdir ./data/whisper
 
 COPY . /app
 COPY --from=ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg