diff --git a/server/controllers/export.ts b/server/controllers/export.ts
index 1743728..aa66c17 100644
--- a/server/controllers/export.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/export.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { join } from "path";
 
 import pluginId from "../../pluginId.json";
 
-import { getProjectName, withExt } from "../utils";
+import { getProjectName, mkdirp, withExt } from "../utils";
 
 import type { ControllerFactory } from "./types";
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const exportController: ControllerFactory = ({ strapi }) => ({
         throw new Error("nothing enabled to export");
       }
 
+      await mkdirp(ARCHIVE_DIR);
       const filePath = join(ARCHIVE_DIR, randomUUID());
 
       const archiveName = strapi
diff --git a/server/utils/index.ts b/server/utils/index.ts
index ec48a97..de40e50 100644
--- a/server/utils/index.ts
+++ b/server/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { exec } from "child_process";
-import { readFileSync } from "fs";
+import { mkdir, readFileSync } from "fs";
 import { join } from "path";
 import { promisify } from "util";
 
 const _execa = promisify(exec);
+const _mkdir = promisify(mkdir);
 
 export async function execa(command: string) {
   const stds = await _execa(command)
@@ -11,6 +12,15 @@ export async function execa(command: string) {
   return stds
 }
 
+export async function mkdirp(path: string) {
+  let success = false
+
+  return _mkdir(path, { recursive: true })
+    .then(() => success = true)
+    .catch(() => success = false)
+    .finally(() => success)
+}
+
 let pckgJsn: string | undefined;
 
 export function getProjectName() {