diff --git a/script/install_HDF5.sh b/script/install_HDF5.sh
index 70d46d1ab721bce6f987f4073df63da3faa5d4e5..8406f0beb33f8b8d628a481e80d9db5eab3e7031 100755
--- a/script/install_HDF5.sh
+++ b/script/install_HDF5.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ else
         CC=mpicc ./configure --enable-parallel --prefix=$1/HDF5
 fi
 make -j $2
-echo 1 > $1/HDF5/version
 mkdir $1/HDF5
 make install
+echo 1 > $1/HDF5/version