diff --git a/root/app/fanficdownload.py b/root/app/fanficdownload.py
index 82d125b..804410c 100644
--- a/root/app/fanficdownload.py
+++ b/root/app/fanficdownload.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from fanficfare import geturls
-from os import listdir, remove, rename, utime, devnull
-from os.path import isfile, join
+from os import listdir, remove, rename, utime, devnull, makedirs
+from os.path import isfile, join, exists
 from subprocess import check_output, STDOUT, call, PIPE
 import logging
 from optparse import OptionParser
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ def check_regexes(output):
 def downloader(args):
     url, inout_file, path, live = args
     # loc = mkdtemp() 
+    # loc = '/config/downloads'
+    if not exists('/config/downloads'):
+        makedirs('/config/downloads')
     loc = '/config/downloads'
     output = ""
     output += log("Working with url {}".format(url), 'HEADER', live)