diff --git a/resources/Certificates/common.mk b/resources/Certificates/common.mk
index 6942243..b68c50b 100644
--- a/resources/Certificates/common.mk
+++ b/resources/Certificates/common.mk
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ CERTIFICATES_DIR ?= ./.infra/certificates
 _CERTIFICATES := $(addprefix ${CERTIFICATES_DIR}/,$(addsuffix .pem,$(_LOCAL_DOMAINS)))
 
 certificates: $(_CERTIFICATES)
-${CERTIFICATES_DIR}/%.pem:
+${CERTIFICATES_DIR}:
+	mkdir -p $@
+${CERTIFICATES_DIR}/%.pem: ${CERTIFICATES_DIR}
 	(cd ${CERTIFICATES_DIR} && mkcert $*)
diff --git a/resources/Secrets/common.mk b/resources/Secrets/common.mk
index 742735e..a1b998a 100644
--- a/resources/Secrets/common.mk
+++ b/resources/Secrets/common.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,5 @@ SECRETS_DIR ?= ./.infra/secrets
 SECRETS_DIST ?= .dist
 
 secrets: $(patsubst %${SECRETS_DIST},%,$(wildcard ${SECRETS_DIR}/*.secret${SECRETS_DIST}))
-${SECRETS_DIR}:
-	mkdir -p $@
-${SECRETS_DIR}/%.secret: ${SECRETS_DIR}
+${SECRETS_DIR}/%.secret:
 	cp $@${SECRETS_DIST} $@