diff --git a/src/patch/main.rs b/src/patch/main.rs
index 875105c..d9f3c0f 100644
--- a/src/patch/main.rs
+++ b/src/patch/main.rs
@@ -378,6 +378,11 @@ impl Iterator for SendFileIterator {
 fn main() {
     println!("[patch] starting server");
 
+    if let Err(_) = std::fs::read_dir("patchfiles/") {
+        if let Err(_) = std::fs::create_dir("patchfiles/") {
+            panic!("Could not create patchfiles directory!");
+        }
+    }
     let (patch_file_tree, patch_file_lookup) = generate_patch_tree("patchfiles/");
     println!("[patch] files to patch:");
     let mut indent = 0;