diff --git a/certificate/store.go b/certificate/store.go
index a106946..db0180e 100644
--- a/certificate/store.go
+++ b/certificate/store.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func (s *Store) createCertificate(scope string) (tls.Certificate, error) {
 // and private keys named "scope.crt" and "scope.key" respectively,
 // where "scope" is the scope of the certificate.
 func (s *Store) Load(path string) error {
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0700); err != nil {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0700); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}