diff --git a/hostconfig/hostconfig b/hostconfig/hostconfig
index 6283c05..f4a5df3 100755
--- a/hostconfig/hostconfig
+++ b/hostconfig/hostconfig
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ sub populate_node {
 	my ($hostname)=@_;
 	my $DIR='/node/tags';
 	-d $DIR and system "rm -rf $DIR" and exit 1;
-	mkdir $DIR or die "$DIR: $!\n";
+	make_path $DIR or die "$DIR: $!\n";
 	my $tags=$TAGS{$hostname};
 	for (keys %$tags) {
 		open my $touch,'>',"$DIR/$_";