diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 23a63f5..a6333e4 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.8
+2.2.9
diff --git a/scripts/mkt_data/sim_prepare/prepare_crypto_simdata.sh b/scripts/mkt_data/sim_prepare/prepare_crypto_simdata.sh
index 22dce08..9b03015 100755
--- a/scripts/mkt_data/sim_prepare/prepare_crypto_simdata.sh
+++ b/scripts/mkt_data/sim_prepare/prepare_crypto_simdata.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ SourceFile="${DATE}.mktdata.db.gz"
 SourceFilePath="${SourceDir}/${SourceFile}"
 
 Cmd="/usr/bin/rsync -ahv"
+Cmd+=" --mkpath"
 Cmd+=" -e 'ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null'"
 Cmd+=" ${SOURCE_HOST}:${SourceFilePath}"
 Cmd+=" $OUTPUT_DIR/"
diff --git a/scripts/mkt_data/sim_prepare/prepare_eqt_simdata.sh b/scripts/mkt_data/sim_prepare/prepare_eqt_simdata.sh
index 2860c8f..5029231 100755
--- a/scripts/mkt_data/sim_prepare/prepare_eqt_simdata.sh
+++ b/scripts/mkt_data/sim_prepare/prepare_eqt_simdata.sh
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ eval ${Cmd}
 
 for tgt in ${RSYNC_TARGETS} ; do 
     Cmd="/usr/bin/rsync -ahv"
+    Cmd+=" --mkpath"
     Cmd+=" -e 'ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null'"
     Cmd+=" ${ResultDbFile}.gz ${tgt}/${year}/${month}/"
     echo ${Cmd}