diff --git a/downloader/IntegrityChecker.java b/downloader/IntegrityChecker.java
index 3ee004f..54e5bee 100644
--- a/downloader/IntegrityChecker.java
+++ b/downloader/IntegrityChecker.java
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ public class IntegrityChecker {
 				installedMods = new TreeMap<>();
 				modsMap.delete();
 			}
+		}else {
+			try {
+				modsMap.createNewFile();
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
 		}
 		try {
 			ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(modsMap));
diff --git a/downloader/Main.java b/downloader/Main.java
index da587a6..b9314c4 100644
--- a/downloader/Main.java
+++ b/downloader/Main.java
@@ -6,9 +6,18 @@ import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 
 public class Main {
 	public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, URISyntaxException {		
+		try {
+			Files.createDirectories(Paths.get("mods"));
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			Log.e("HTTPHelper","could not create folder");
+			System.exit(0);
+		}
+		
 		
 		IntegrityChecker updateManager = new IntegrityChecker();
 		Database db = new Database();