diff --git a/lib/common.js b/lib/common.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index fb230d8..7ffc4d7
--- a/lib/common.js
+++ b/lib/common.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const async = require('async');
 const nodemailer = require('nodemailer');
 const sanitizeHtml = require('sanitize-html');
 const escape = require('html-entities').AllHtmlEntities;
+const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 let ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectID;
 
 const restrictedRoutes = [
@@ -177,7 +178,12 @@ exports.checkDirectorySync = (directory) => {
     try{
         fs.statSync(directory);
     }catch(e){
+        try{
         fs.mkdirSync(directory);
+        }
+        catch(err){
+           mkdirp.sync(directory);//error : directory & sub directories to be newly created
+        }
     }
 };