diff --git a/jenkins-scripts/create_jenkins_user.sh b/jenkins-scripts/create_jenkins_user.sh
index bbc524c..e69bbee 100755
--- a/jenkins-scripts/create_jenkins_user.sh
+++ b/jenkins-scripts/create_jenkins_user.sh
@@ -33,9 +33,15 @@
   usermod -a -G mock jenkins
 fi
 
+# create SSH config
 mkdir /home/jenkins/.ssh
 cp -r /home/${OS}/.ssh/authorized_keys /home/jenkins/.ssh/authorized_keys
 
 # Generate ssh key for use by Robot jobs
 echo -e 'y\n' | ssh-keygen -N "" -f /home/jenkins/.ssh/id_rsa -t rsa
-chown -R jenkins:jenkins /home/jenkins/.ssh
+
+# /w is used as the Jenkins "Remote FS root" in the config
+mkdir /w
+
+# Have jenkins user own the ssh and remote fs root
+chown -R jenkins:jenkins /home/jenkins/.ssh /w