diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7d8912e..2fc4603 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 /root_overlay/bin/test.py
 /root_overlay/bin/poll_desfire
 /root_overlay/etc/wpa_supplicant
+/root_overlay/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3acd69a..03bfbef 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ root_overlay: root_overlay/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
 root_overlay: root_overlay/root/key
 
 root_overlay/root/.ssh/authorized_keys: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
+	mkdir -p `dirname $@`
 	cp ^< $@
 
 buildroot/.config: config
diff --git a/root_overlay/root/.ssh/authorized_keys b/root_overlay/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
deleted file mode 100644
index 34a6e24..0000000
--- a/root_overlay/root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQC5pAEc3dFnR7zDtdIaH3ICBQincnxs7HlIi+JEfl3M23S/wkQASE9hDpNwAF/CRu9u2cjnXgHNqVG0TkKyjWgfXk9tTpyVBNw8QkHQ75TpbKsuhWQm/LgYb874j4+2pDGxLLdVVuY1c73vNQqkHL0xS3aG/dtvCc7XMNg5VRWdwL3WPhkmuBQK7JYUkUnf+dZWS91oJWZHd/OEU/H9p147UGw3ffLQ9H+IKxl3pvEMKz8Aeca1sDtSS0Z2LXzh3au5KynMR6KHBX9QUM3Bkoy20QqnNZz/sQX04NrOigoPDOFRlOaeIXeZvecZRP7LnTy7JviWFylMwziwzEJslDLN apo@mae