diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index 760923b2a16..255b6adfe0a 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -268,7 +268,15 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <target>
-
+                <exec executable="mkdir">
+                    <arg value="-p" />
+                    <arg value="${basedir}/target/generated-webapp/WEB-INF/classes/scripts" />
+                </exec>
+                <exec executable="cp">
+                    <arg value="-r" />
+                    <arg value="${basedir}/../scripts" />
+                    <arg value="${basedir}/target/generated-webapp/WEB-INF/classes/scripts" />
+                </exec>
                 <copy
                   todir="${basedir}/target/generated-webapp/WEB-INF/">
                   <fileset dir="${basedir}/WEB-INF/">
@@ -281,13 +289,6 @@
                     <include name="resources/**/*" />
                   </fileset>
                 </copy>
-
-                <exec executable="cp">
-                    <arg value="-r" />
-                    <arg value="${basedir}/../scripts" />
-                    <arg value="${basedir}/target/generated-webapp/WEB-INF/classes/" />
-                </exec>
-
                 <copy todir="${basedir}/target/generated-webapp/WEB-INF/classes/vms">
                   <fileset dir="${basedir}/../services/console-proxy/server/dist">
                     <include name="systemvm.zip" />