diff --git a/manifests/dev_single_node/test_create_heat_stack.sh b/manifests/dev_single_node/test_create_heat_stack.sh
index 2905c70b..35a64d5b 100755
--- a/manifests/dev_single_node/test_create_heat_stack.sh
+++ b/manifests/dev_single_node/test_create_heat_stack.sh
@@ -79,5 +79,6 @@ function wait_for_ssh_port {
 }
 wait_for_ssh_port $FLOATING_IP
 
+install -m 0700 -d ~/.ssh
 ssh-keyscan "${FLOATING_IP}" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 printf "The test VM is accessible via SSH:  ssh -i id_rsa cirros@${FLOATING_IP}\n"