diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 080bd8b..7c63e4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ SNES-like engine in JavaScript
 * deploy to famicol.in:
 
       ssh mcmillen@famicol.in rm -rf 'famicolin/snej/*' && \
-          $SNEJ_ROOT/scripts/deploy.sh mcmillen@famicol.in:famicolin/snej
+          $SNEJ_ROOT/scripts/deploy.sh famicol.in:famicolin/snej
 
 * annotate sprites:
 
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 7158eb3..693c720 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 cd $SNEJ_ROOT
 
 echo "deploying to $1"
-mkdir -p $1 || exit
 mkdir -p bundle/
 python3 scripts/assets.py stitch-sprites $SNEJ_ROOT/bundle/spritesheet
 scp -r index.html main.js bundle/ $1