diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b85e02a..0000000
--- a/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-from storages import *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archivers/base_archiver.py b/archivers/base_archiver.py
index 6257aba..dc47273 100644
--- a/archivers/base_archiver.py
+++ b/archivers/base_archiver.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from storages import Storage
+from utils import mkdir_if_not_exists
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -48,8 +49,7 @@ class Archiver(ABC):
         thumbnails_folder = filename.split('.')[0] + '/'
         key_folder = key.split('.')[0] + '/'
 
-        if not os.path.exists(thumbnails_folder):
-            os.mkdir(thumbnails_folder)
+        mkdir_if_not_exists(thumbnails_folder)
 
         fps = 0.5
         if duration is not None:
diff --git a/auto_archive.py b/auto_archive.py
index ba05310..472efd2 100644
--- a/auto_archive.py
+++ b/auto_archive.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
 import archivers
 from storages import S3Storage, S3Config
-from utils import GWorksheet
+from utils import GWorksheet, mkdir_if_not_exists
 
 load_dotenv()
 
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ def main():
 
     logger.info(f'Opening document {args.sheet}')
 
+    mkdir_if_not_exists('tmp')
     process_sheet(args.sheet)
 
 
diff --git a/utils/__init__.py b/utils/__init__.py
index 482e144..9b58126 100644
--- a/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # we need to explicitly expose the available imports here
-from .gworksheet import GWorksheet
\ No newline at end of file
+from .gworksheet import GWorksheet
+from .misc import *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/utils/misc.py b/utils/misc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8ef66d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/misc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import os
+
+def mkdir_if_not_exists(folder):
+    if not os.path.exists(folder):
+        os.mkdir(folder)
\ No newline at end of file