diff --git a/lib.js b/lib.js
index cb2a43e..7b8e5ab 100755
--- a/lib.js
+++ b/lib.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import Path from "path"
 import FS from "fs/promises"
 import { JSDOM } from "jsdom"
 
-
 //     |   o |
 // . . |-  . | ,-.
 // | | |   | | `-.
@@ -65,30 +64,25 @@ export const testWhitelist = (array, whitelist) =>
 export const testBlacklist = (array, blacklist) =>
   blacklist.find(tag => array.includes(tag)) !== undefined
 
-export const createView = (directory, pageSize, extra = {}) => {
-  let view = {
-    batch: new PromiseBatch(),
-    directory,
-    pageSize,
-    ...extra
-  }
+export const doesExist = async (path) => {
+  let exists
 
-  return view
+  try {
+    await FS.access(path)
+    exists = true
+  } catch(err) {
+    exists = false
+  }
 }
 
-export const openImageStore = async view => {
-  let imageStorePath = Path.join(view.directory, view.imageStoreDirectory)
-  let dirents = await FS.readdir(imageStorePath, { withFileTypes: true })
-  view.imageStore = new Map()
+export const ensureDir = async (path) => {
+  let exists = doesExist(path)
 
-  for(let dirent of dirents) {
-    if(dirent.isFile()) {
-      let basename = dirent.name.slice(0, dirent.name.lastIndexOf('.'))
-      view.imageStore.set(basename, Path.join(view.imageStoreDirectory, dirent.name))
-    }
+  if(!exists) {
+    await FS.mkdir(path, { recursive: true })
   }
 
-  return view
+  return exists
 }
 
 export const isUnset = (value) => {
@@ -184,14 +178,7 @@ export const cacheSources = (sources, cache) =>
 
 export const openCache = async (source, cache) => {
   let path = getCachePath(source, cache)
-  let exists
-
-  try {
-    await FS.access(path)
-    exists = true
-  } catch(err) {
-    exists = false
-  }
+  let exists = await doesExist(path)
 
   let rss
 
@@ -351,6 +338,61 @@ export const extractImages = (post) => {
 // |/  | |-' |/|/
 // '   ' `-' ' '
 
+export const createView = async (directory, pageSize, extra = {}) => {
+  let view = {
+    batch: new PromiseBatch(),
+    directory,
+    pageSize,
+    ...extra
+  }
+
+  await ensureDir(view.directory)
+
+  if(view.imageStoreDirectory)
+    await openImageStore(view)
+
+  return view
+}
+
+export const openImageStore = async view => {
+  let imageStorePath = Path.join(view.directory, view.imageStoreDirectory)
+  view.imageStore = new Map()
+  
+  if(!await ensureDir(imageStorePath)) {
+    return view
+  }
+  
+  let dirents = await FS.readdir(imageStorePath, { withFileTypes: true })
+
+  for(let dirent of dirents) {
+    if(dirent.isFile()) {
+      let basename = dirent.name.slice(0, dirent.name.lastIndexOf('.'))
+      view.imageStore.set(basename, Path.join(view.imageStoreDirectory, dirent.name))
+    }
+  }
+
+  return view
+}
+
+export const writeView = (sources, feeds, view) => {
+  view.header = renderNav(feeds, sources)
+  let pages = []
+
+  for(let feed of feeds) {
+    pages = pages.concat(createPages(feed, view))
+  }
+
+  for(let source of sources) {
+    pages = pages.concat(createPages(source, view))
+  }
+
+  for(let page of pages) {
+    writePage(page, view)
+  }
+
+  writeStylesheet(Path.join(import.meta.dirname, 'assets/style.css'), view)
+}
+
 export const createPages = (list, { pageSize }) => {
   let posts = []
   let pages = []
@@ -675,25 +717,6 @@ export const populateSource = async (channel, source, postReducerCallback, cache
   return source
 }
 
-export const writeView = (sources, feeds, view) => {
-  view.header = renderNav(feeds, sources)
-  let pages = []
-
-  for(let feed of feeds) {
-    pages = pages.concat(createPages(feed, view))
-  }
-
-  for(let source of sources) {
-    pages = pages.concat(createPages(source, view))
-  }
-
-  for(let page of pages) {
-    writePage(page, view)
-  }
-
-  writeStylesheet(Path.join(import.meta.dirname, 'assets/style.css'), view)
-}
-
 export const createSource = async (source, getChannel, postReducerCallback, cache) => {
   if(cache.enabled)
     source = await openCache(source, cache)