diff --git a/rust/Dockerfile b/rust/Dockerfile
index 07fb8e8..acfb3c8 100644
--- a/rust/Dockerfile
+++ b/rust/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ MAINTAINER Johannes Schickling "schickling.j@gmail.com"
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl g++-multilib lib32stdc++6
 
 # install rust & cargo
-RUN curl -L https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar xvz -C /opt/rust
+RUN mkdir /opt/rust && curl -sL https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-nightly-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar xvz -C /opt/rust
 RUN bash -c "ln -s /opt/rust/bin/{rustc,rustdoc} /usr/local/bin/"
 RUN ls /opt/rust/bin