diff --git a/COMETwebapp/ViewModels/Components/EngineeringModel/FileStore/FileRevisionHandler/FileRevisionHandlerViewModel.cs b/COMETwebapp/ViewModels/Components/EngineeringModel/FileStore/FileRevisionHandler/FileRevisionHandlerViewModel.cs
index 04eafd7b..0019b3a7 100644
--- a/COMETwebapp/ViewModels/Components/EngineeringModel/FileStore/FileRevisionHandler/FileRevisionHandlerViewModel.cs
+++ b/COMETwebapp/ViewModels/Components/EngineeringModel/FileStore/FileRevisionHandler/FileRevisionHandlerViewModel.cs
@@ -127,11 +127,6 @@ public void InitializeViewModel(File file, FileStore fileStore)
             this.FileTypes = this.SessionService.GetSiteDirectory().AvailableReferenceDataLibraries().SelectMany(x => x.FileType);
             this.ErrorMessage = string.Empty;
             this.UploadsDirectory = Path.Combine("wwwroot", "uploads", Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
-
-            if (!Directory.Exists(this.UploadsDirectory))
-            {
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(this.UploadsDirectory);
-            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -173,6 +168,11 @@ public async Task UploadFile(IBrowserFile file)
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (!Directory.Exists(this.UploadsDirectory))
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(this.UploadsDirectory);
+            }
+
             var uploadedFilePath = Path.Combine(this.UploadsDirectory, Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
 
             await using (var fileStream = new FileStream(uploadedFilePath, FileMode.Create))