diff --git a/tusd/main.go b/tusd/main.go
index 2165ea6..f375e79 100644
--- a/tusd/main.go
+++ b/tusd/main.go
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tus/tusd"
 	"github.com/tus/tusd/filestore"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 )
 
 func main() {
 
+	if err := os.MkdirAll("./data/", os.FileMode(0666)); err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
 	store := filestore.FileStore{
 		Path: "./data/",
 	}