diff --git a/install b/install
index 845475f..3828ff4 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ from urllib.request import urlopen
 from threading import Thread
 import subprocess
 
-def makefolder(path):
-    dirname = os.path.dirname(path)
+def makedirs(dirname):
     if not os.path.exists(dirname):
         os.makedirs(dirname)
 
@@ -92,8 +91,7 @@ class Install(Thread):
                 return
         target = self.target
         target = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(target)))
-        if not os.path.exists(target):
-            os.makedirs(target)
+        makedirs(target)
         os.chdir(target)
         release = self.get_release()
         self.status['release'] = release
@@ -114,15 +112,16 @@ class Install(Thread):
         self.status['installing'] = 'setup'
         if sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
             os.system('./ctl install_launcher')
+        makedirs('config')
         with open('config/release.json', 'w') as fd:
             json.dump(release, fd, indent=2)
-        os.makedirs('updates')
+        makedirs('updates')
         os.system('./ctl setup')
         self.status['progress'] = 1
         self.status['done'] = True
 
     def download(self, url, filename):
-        makefolder(filename)
+        makedirs(os.path.dirname(filename))
         print('downloading',os.path.basename(filename))
         with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
             with closing(urlopen(url)) as u:
diff --git a/oml/server.py b/oml/server.py
index 750246b..4d362fa 100644
--- a/oml/server.py
+++ b/oml/server.py
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ def shutdown():
         os.unlink(state.PID)
 
 def run():
-    setup.create_db()
     PID = sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) > 2 else None
     if len(sys.argv) > 3 and sys.argv[2] == 'debug':
         PID = sys.argv[3]
@@ -130,8 +129,8 @@ def run():
         (r"(.*)", MainHandler),
     ]
 
+    setup.create_db()
     http_server = HTTPServer(Application(handlers, **options))
-
     http_server.listen(settings.server['port'], settings.server['address'])
 
     if PID: