diff --git a/jupyter-notebook/Dockerfile b/jupyter-notebook/Dockerfile
index 56234a6a..547d70bc 100644
--- a/jupyter-notebook/Dockerfile
+++ b/jupyter-notebook/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ RUN apt update && \
 
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /
 COPY requirements_template.txt /etc/skel
-RUN chmod +x /docker-entrypoint.sh
+RUN chmod +x /docker-entrypoint.sh && \
+    mkdir -p "/shared" && chown techuser "/shared"
 
 USER techuser
 
diff --git a/jupyter-notebook/docker-entrypoint.sh b/jupyter-notebook/docker-entrypoint.sh
index bcfd0d0d..74ba58f3 100755
--- a/jupyter-notebook/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/jupyter-notebook/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ mkdir -p "$NOTEBOOKS_DIR"
 test -f "$NOTEBOOKS_DIR/requirements.txt" || cp /etc/skel/requirements_template.txt "$NOTEBOOKS_DIR/requirements.txt"
 pip install -U -r "$NOTEBOOKS_DIR/requirements.txt" -r /etc/skel/requirements_template.txt 2>&1 | tee "$NOTEBOOKS_DIR/installlog.txt"
 
-mkdir -p "/shared"
 test -d "$NOTEBOOKS_DIR/shared" || ln -s /shared "$NOTEBOOKS_DIR/shared"
 
 echo "---START_SESSION---"