diff --git a/packages/playground-examples/scripts/copyFiles.js b/packages/playground-examples/scripts/copyFiles.js
index 2ebe91832bce..6598195399d4 100644
--- a/packages/playground-examples/scripts/copyFiles.js
+++ b/packages/playground-examples/scripts/copyFiles.js
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ const copyDir = join(__dirname, '..', 'copy', '*')
 const jsonDir = join(__dirname, '..', 'generated', '*.json')
 const outDir = join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'typescriptlang-org', 'static', 'js', 'examples')
 
+// This can safely fail
+execSync(`mkdir ${outDir}`)
+
 // Move samples
 execSync(`cp -R ${copyDir} ${outDir}`)