diff --git a/c3dbdl b/c3dbdl
index b4901ff..9e03703 100755
--- a/c3dbdl
+++ b/c3dbdl
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ def downloadSong(destination, filename, entry):
     download_filename = f"{destination}/{download_filename}"
     download_path = '/'.join(f"{download_filename}".split('/')[0:-1])
 
-    if not os.path.exists(download_path):
-        os.makedirs(download_path)
-
     if os.path.exists(download_filename):
         click.echo(f"File exists at {download_filename}")
         return None
@@ -135,6 +132,10 @@ def downloadSong(destination, filename, entry):
                 else:
                     code = "-1"
                 raise HTTPError(download_url, code, "", None, None)
+
+            if not os.path.exists(download_path):
+                os.makedirs(download_path)
+
             with open(download_filename, 'wb') as f:
                 for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
                     f.write(chunk)