diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/export_archive_counters.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/export_archive_counters.pp
index e3d6a090..ebd081da 100644
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/export_archive_counters.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/export_archive_counters.pp
@@ -1,57 +1,64 @@
 # stats_export master class
 class profile::export_archive_counters {
   $export_path = lookup('stats_export::export_path')
   $export_file = lookup('stats_export::export_file')
 
   $packages = ['python3-click', 'python3-requests']
 
   package {$packages:
     ensure => present,
   }
 
   $script_name = 'export_archive_counters.py'
   $script_path = "/usr/local/bin/${script_name}"
 
   file {$script_path:
     ensure  => present,
     owner   => 'root',
     group   => 'root',
     mode    => '0755',
     source  => "puppet:///modules/profile/stats_exporter/${script_name}",
     require => Package[$packages],
   }
 
   $history_data_name = 'history-counters.munin.json'
-  $history_data_path = "/usr/local/share/swh-data/${history_data_name}"
+  $history_data_dir = "/usr/local/share/swh-data"
+  $history_data_path = "${history_data_dir}/${history_data_name}"
+  file {$history_data_dir:
+    ensure  => 'directory',
+    owner   => 'root',
+    group   => 'root',
+    mode    => '0755'
+  } ->
   file {$history_data_path:
     ensure  => present,
     owner   => 'root',
     group   => 'root',
     mode    => '0644',
     source  => "puppet:///modules/profile/stats_exporter/${history_data_name}",
   }
 
   $server = "pergamon.internal.softwareheritage.org"
   $port = 9090
 
   $command_get_data = "${script_path} --server ${server} --port ${port} --history-data-file ${history_data_path}"
 
   cron {'stats_export':
     ensure => absent,
     user   => 'www-data',
   }
 
   profile::cron::d {'export_archive_counters':
     user     => 'www-data',
     command  => "${command_get_data} > ${export_file}.tmp && /bin/mv ${export_file}.tmp ${export_file}",
     hour     => 'fqdn_rand',
     minute   => 'fqdn_rand',
     month    => '*',
     monthday => '*',
     weekday  => '*',
     require  => [
       File[$script_path],
       File[$history_data_path],
     ],
   }
 }