diff --git a/composed/Dockerfile b/composed/Dockerfile
index eae6205..753fd11 100644
--- a/composed/Dockerfile
+++ b/composed/Dockerfile
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ ENV PATH $PATH:$CATALINA_HOME/bin
 
 EXPOSE 8080 8081
 
+RUN mkdir -p /etc/migrations
+
 #update tomcat permissions
 RUN chown -R tomcat:tomcat /opt/tomcat
 
diff --git a/composed/Migration_Dockerfile b/composed/Migration_Dockerfile
index 3c93ffd..26e6e75 100644
--- a/composed/Migration_Dockerfile
+++ b/composed/Migration_Dockerfile
@@ -151,4 +151,6 @@ mkdir -p /tmp/.OpenMRS${application_suffix}/patient_images/ && \
 tar -xf /tmp/images.tar.gz -C /tmp/.OpenMRS${application_suffix}/patient_images && \
 rm /tmp/images.tar.gz || :
 
+RUN  chmod 777 /tmp/*.war 
+
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint-migrations.sh"]
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