diff --git a/ttxbackend/settings.py b/ttxbackend/settings.py
index 8747c3bc23526aaf1ecc46bc6f685c7b36373a90..0561ecfcf27e208756a0f5f05cca47be60399e4f 100644
--- a/ttxbackend/settings.py
+++ b/ttxbackend/settings.py
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ ASGI_APPLICATION = "ttxbackend.asgi.application"
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DATA_STORAGE = "data"
+os.makedirs(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, DATA_STORAGE), exist_ok=True)
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
         "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",