diff --git a/loaih/__init__.py b/loaih/__init__.py
index 7213a08..65ecdef 100644
--- a/loaih/__init__.py
+++ b/loaih/__init__.py
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ class Build(object):
 
             # Preparation tasks
             self.appnamedir = os.path.join(self.builddir, self.appname)
+            os.makedirs(self.appnamedir, exist_ok=True)
             # And then cd to the appname folder.
             os.chdir(self.appnamedir)
             # Download appimagetool from github