diff --git a/src/attach.c b/src/attach.c
index 30bdb15..1e700d2 100644
--- a/src/attach.c
+++ b/src/attach.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 
 /* Generates an email struct from the given eml text. If the content is
  * multipart, it will be slit up into several email_ts. This expansion is done
@@ -345,14 +346,12 @@ int replace_files(struct email_t* mail, const char* dirname, bool* created){
 		min_filesize ){
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if(!*created){
-		*created = true;
-		if(mkdir(directory, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH) 
-			< 0){
+	if(mkdir(directory, S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH) < 0){
 
+		if(errno != EEXIST){
+			
 			perror("Failed to create storage directory!");
 			return -1;
-
 		}
 
 	}