diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index 25cc26a..58c0c93 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 } from "./helpers/normalizeFiletype";
 import "./helpers/printVersions";
 
+mkdir("./data", { recursive: true }).catch(console.error);
 const db = new Database("./data/mydb.sqlite", { create: true });
 const uploadsDir = "./data/uploads/";
 const outputDir = "./data/output/";