diff --git a/docs/compaction-refresh/probes/p3_d4_focused_run.py b/docs/compaction-refresh/probes/p3_d4_focused_run.py
index 222b8644..f2d0e860 100644
--- a/docs/compaction-refresh/probes/p3_d4_focused_run.py
+++ b/docs/compaction-refresh/probes/p3_d4_focused_run.py
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ def isolated_environment(
         source = source_agent / name
         target = target_agent / name
         if source.is_file():
-            target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, mode=0o700)
+            target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, mode=0o700, exist_ok=True)
             shutil.copy2(source, target)
 
     environment = {