diff --git a/fdroidserver/common.py b/fdroidserver/common.py
index 3697fec4..7b256476 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/common.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/common.py
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ def write_status_json(output, pretty=False, name=None):
     """Write status out as JSON, and rsync it to the repo server"""
     status_dir = os.path.join('repo', 'status')
     if not os.path.exists(status_dir):
-        os.mkdir(status_dir)
+        os.makedirs(status_dir)
     if not name:
         output['endTimestamp'] = int(datetime.now(timezone.utc).timestamp() * 1000)
         name = sys.argv[0].split()[1]  # fdroid subcommand
diff --git a/fdroidserver/vmtools.py b/fdroidserver/vmtools.py
index 6456accb..ca65a2e5 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/vmtools.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/vmtools.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ def get_build_vm(srvdir, provider=None):
     # try guessing provider from installed software
     kvm_installed = shutil.which('kvm') is not None
     kvm_installed |= shutil.which('qemu') is not None
+    kvm_installed |= shutil.which('qemu-kvm') is not None
     vbox_installed = shutil.which('VBoxHeadless') is not None
     if kvm_installed and vbox_installed:
         logging.debug('both kvm and vbox are installed.')