diff --git a/src/fileutils.cpp b/src/fileutils.cpp
index 95199e3e838b02a0e32a14f6b80f664732543764..5bd085930188c530018bd5a4ee073d0dcedf5454 100644
--- a/src/fileutils.cpp
+++ b/src/fileutils.cpp
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ namespace fileutils {
 bool
 check_dir(const std::filesystem::path& path, mode_t dirmode, mode_t parentmode)
 {
+    fmt::print("check_dir: {}\n", path.string());
     if (std::filesystem::exists(path))
         return true;
     if (path.has_parent_path())
         check_dir(path.parent_path(), parentmode, parentmode);
-    if (std::filesystem::create_directory(path)) {
+    std::error_code ec;
+    if (std::filesystem::create_directory(path, ec)) {
         std::filesystem::permissions(path, (std::filesystem::perms)dirmode);
         return true;
     }