diff --git a/.yarn/install-state.gz b/.yarn/install-state.gz
index f515c40..1521318 100644
Binary files a/.yarn/install-state.gz and b/.yarn/install-state.gz differ
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f759581..86b4f40 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DOCKER_COMPOSE=docker compose -f docker-compose-local.yml
 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 
-.PHONY: docker-up docker-up-tibi-dev docker-start docker-start-tibi-dev docker-down docker-ps docker-logs yarn-upgrade fix-permissions
+.PHONY: init docker-up docker-up-tibi-dev docker-start docker-start-tibi-dev docker-down docker-ps docker-logs yarn-upgrade fix-permissions
 
 include ./.env
 
@@ -10,12 +10,13 @@ help: ## show this help
 	@echo MAKE TARGETS
 	@grep -h -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
 
+init: ## initialize required directories
+	mkdir -p tmp/mongo-data tmp/.npm tmp/.yarn tmp/nonexistent
 
-
-docker-up: ## bring docker compose stack up in background
+docker-up: init ## bring docker compose stack up in background
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) --profile tibi up -d
 
-docker-up-tibi-dev: ## bring docker compose stack up in background with tibi-dev
+docker-up-tibi-dev: init ## bring docker compose stack up in background with tibi-dev
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) --profile tibi-dev up -d
 
 docker-up-chisel: ## bring up chisel tunnel
@@ -24,10 +25,10 @@ docker-up-chisel: ## bring up chisel tunnel
 docker-down: ## take docker compose stack down
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) --profile tibi-dev --profile tibi --profile chisel down
 
-docker-start: ## start docker compose stack in foreground and take it down after CTRL-C
+docker-start: init ## start docker compose stack in foreground and take it down after CTRL-C
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) --profile tibi up; $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) --profile tibi-dev --profile tibi --profile chisel down
 
-docker-start-tibi-dev: ## start docker compose stack in foreground and take it down after CTRL-C (with tibi-dev)
+docker-start-tibi-dev: init ## start docker compose stack in foreground and take it down after CTRL-C (with tibi-dev)
 	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE) --profile tibi-dev up; $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) --profile tibi-dev --profile tibi --profile chisel down
 
 docker-ps: ## show container state