diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index a0b6ec6..005e2f2 100644
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ else
                 then
                         userPath=home/$x
                 fi
+        useradd $user
         mkdir -p /$user
         mkdir -p /$user/.ssh/
         curl -o /$user/.ssh/authorized_keys -X GET -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"secret": "'$secret'"}' $url/endpoint/update/$server/allKeys