diff --git a/oxdbarchive/model.py b/oxdbarchive/model.py
index 29e9d87..4fe3fad 100644
--- a/oxdbarchive/model.py
+++ b/oxdbarchive/model.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from scrapeit.utils import read_url
 
 import cache
 import oxdb_import
-from oxdb_utils import oxdb_title, oxdb_director, oxdb_id
+from oxdb_utils import oxdb_title, oxdb_director, oxdb_id, oxdb_makedir
 from subtitles import *
 import midentify
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class Archive(SQLObject):
           print self.addFile(meta), f
         else:
           print "remove", f
-          self.removeFile({'md5sum':meta['md5sum']})
+          self.removeFile(meta['md5sum'])
   
   def importFiles(self):
     stats = {'skipped': 0, 'added': 0, 'remove':0}
@@ -380,8 +380,7 @@ class ArchiveFile(SQLObject):
     
   def _get_frameFolder(self):
     f = join(cache.cache_root, 'frame', self.md5sum[:4], self.md5sum)
-    if not exists(f):
-      os.makedirs(f)
+    oxdb_makedir(f)
     return f
   
   def _get_timelineFile(self):
@@ -431,8 +430,7 @@ class ArchiveFile(SQLObject):
     if self.movieFile:
       return self.movieFile.extractFrame(position, img_folder)
     movie_file = self.mini_movie_file
-    if not exists(img_folder):
-      os.makedirs(img_folder)
+    oxdb_makedir(img_folder)
     
     position = position.replace('.', ':')
     extract_frame(movie_file, position, img_folder, offset = 0, redo = False)
@@ -441,8 +439,8 @@ class ArchiveFile(SQLObject):
     if self.movieFile:
       return self.movieFile.extractFrames(img_folder)
     movie_file = self.absolutePath
-    if not exists(img_folder):
-      os.makedirs(img_folder)    
+    
+    oxdb_makedir(img_folder)
     extract_subtitles(movie_file, self.srt.encode('utf-8'), img_folder, width=100, offset=self.offset)
   
   def extractClipMovie(self, force = False): 
@@ -461,8 +459,8 @@ class ArchiveFile(SQLObject):
     if exists(mini_movie_file) and not force:
       print "clip exists, skipping extraction", mini_movie_file
       return
-    if not exists(dirname(mini_movie_file)):
-      os.makedirs(dirname(mini_movie_file))
+    oxdb_makedir(dirname(mini_movie_file))
+    
     options = ''
     options += " -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg"
     options += " -af volnorm=1 -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=64:mode=3 -af resample=44100"
@@ -496,8 +494,9 @@ class ArchiveFile(SQLObject):
     if exists(t):
       print "skipping, ", self.path
       return
-    if not exists(dirname(t)):
-      os.makedirs(dirname(t))
+
+    oxdb_makedir(dirname(t))
+
     #this fails in tg-admin shell
     #extractTimelineScript = abspath(join(dirname(__file__), "tools/extract_timeline.py"))
     extractTimelineScript = abspath(join(dirname(cache.cache_root), "tools/extract_timeline.py"))
diff --git a/oxdbarchive/oxdb_utils.py b/oxdbarchive/oxdb_utils.py
index 7066142..63e7854 100644
--- a/oxdbarchive/oxdb_utils.py
+++ b/oxdbarchive/oxdb_utils.py
@@ -208,3 +208,11 @@ languages = ('be', 'bg', 'ba', 'wo', 'bn', 'bo', 'bh', 'bi', 'ji', 'br', 'ja',
  'la', 'ln', 'lo', 'tt', 'tr', 'ts', 'lv', 'to', 'lt', 'tk', 'th', 'ti', 'tg',
  'te', 'ta', 'aa', 'ab', 'uk', 'af', 'vi', 'is', 'am', 'it', 'iw', 'vo', 'ik', 
  'ar', 'in', 'ay', 'az', 'ie', 'qu', 'st', 'tw')
+
+def oxdb_makedir(folder):
+  if not exists(folder):
+    try:
+      os.makedirs(folder)
+    except os.error, e:
+      if e.errno != errno.EEXIST or not os.path.isdir(folder):
+        raise
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