diff --git a/images/etherpad/Dockerfile b/images/etherpad/Dockerfile
index dddffdd..75b2708 100644
--- a/images/etherpad/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/etherpad/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ COPY settings.json /srv/etherpad/
 
 RUN install_packages ca-certificates curl 
 RUN curl -sSL -o - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash || true
-RUN cd /srv/etherpad \
+RUN mkdir /.npm \
+	&& cd /srv/etherpad \
 	&& install_packages python3 make sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev gcc g++ libc-dev libc++-dev \
 	&& ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python \
 	&& src/bin/installDeps.sh \