diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index 07d4d71c..1e4276df 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -1138,7 +1138,7 @@ namespace config {
 
     // create appdata folder if it does not exist
     if (!boost::filesystem::exists(platf::appdata().string())) {
-      boost::filesystem::create_directory(platf::appdata().string());
+      boost::filesystem::create_directories(platf::appdata().string());
     }
 
     // create config file if it does not exist
diff --git a/src/confighttp.cpp b/src/confighttp.cpp
index c7a2a8b3..908ef721 100644
--- a/src/confighttp.cpp
+++ b/src/confighttp.cpp
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ namespace confighttp {
 
     const std::string coverdir = platf::appdata().string() + "/covers/";
     if (!boost::filesystem::exists(coverdir)) {
-      boost::filesystem::create_directory(coverdir);
+      boost::filesystem::create_directories(coverdir);
     }
 
     std::basic_string path = coverdir + http::url_escape(key) + ".png";