diff --git a/oxdata/poster/models.py b/oxdata/poster/models.py
index 81b2693..6d62bdf 100644
--- a/oxdata/poster/models.py
+++ b/oxdata/poster/models.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from django.db.models import Q
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
 
+import ox
 import ox.web.criterion
 import ox.web.movieposterdb
 import ox.web.imdb
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ class PosterCache(models.Model):
             try:
                 data = ox.net.readUrl(url)
                 self.image.name = poster_path(self.url, 'image.jpg')
+                ox.makedirs(os.path.dirname(self.image.path))
                 with open(self.image.path, 'w') as f:
                     f.write(data)
                 self.save()