diff --git a/scripts/oe-publish-sdk b/scripts/oe-publish-sdk
index 1737c9f..ee4169a 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-publish-sdk
+++ b/scripts/oe-publish-sdk
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@
 
     # Setting up the git repo
     if not is_remote:
-        cmd = 'set -e; cd %s/layers; if [ ! -e .git ]; then git init .; mv .git/hooks/post-update.sample .git/hooks/post-update; fi; git add -A .; git commit -q -m "init repo" || true;' % destination
+        cmd = 'set -e; mkdir -p %s/layers; cd %s/layers; if [ ! -e .git ]; then git init .; mv .git/hooks/post-update.sample .git/hooks/post-update; fi; git add -A .; git commit -q -m "init repo" || true; git update-server-info' % (destination, destination)
     else:
-        cmd = "ssh %s 'set -e; cd %s/layers; if [ ! -e .git ]; then git init .; mv .git/hooks/post-update.sample .git/hooks/post-update; fi; git add -A .; git commit -q -m \"init repo\" || true;'" % (host, destdir)
+        cmd = "ssh %s 'set -e; mkdir-p %s/layers; cd %s/layers; if [ ! -e .git ]; then git init .; mv .git/hooks/post-update.sample .git/hooks/post-update; fi; git add -A .; git commit -q -m \"init repo\" || true; git update-server-info'" % (host, destdir, destdir)
     ret = subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True)
     if ret == 0:
         logger.info('SDK published successfully')