diff --git a/defaults.inc b/defaults.inc
index 5dd160e..c5d93f4 100755
--- a/defaults.inc
+++ b/defaults.inc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 action="${1:-}"
 FOLDER='/opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu'
-VERS='2026.7.25-39'
+VERS='2026.7.25-40'
 
 noupdate=' '
 
diff --git a/inc/deploy-iso-nfs-lxc.sh b/inc/deploy-iso-nfs-lxc.sh
index f027b74..eff7097 100644
--- a/inc/deploy-iso-nfs-lxc.sh
+++ b/inc/deploy-iso-nfs-lxc.sh
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ TAPM_DEPLOY_ISO_NFS_LXC() {
 		{ TAPM_ISO_NFS_FAIL "NFS package installation failed inside container ${ctid}."; return 1; }
 	pct exec "$ctid" -- install -d -m 0775 /srv/iso/template/iso ||
 		{ TAPM_ISO_NFS_FAIL "Could not initialize the ISO directory."; return 1; }
+	pct exec "$ctid" -- install -d -m 0755 /etc/exports.d ||
+		{ TAPM_ISO_NFS_FAIL "Could not initialize the NFS exports directory."; return 1; }
 	printf '/srv/iso %s(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash)\n' "$client_cidr" |
 		pct exec "$ctid" -- tee /etc/exports.d/proxmox-isos.exports >/dev/null ||
 		{ TAPM_ISO_NFS_FAIL "Could not write the NFS export configuration."; return 1; }