diff --git a/PROMS/fmtxml/Form1.cs b/PROMS/fmtxml/Form1.cs
index b5694936..c34ceb5c 100644
--- a/PROMS/fmtxml/Form1.cs
+++ b/PROMS/fmtxml/Form1.cs
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ namespace fmtxml
 		private void CleanupDestinationFolder(string pattern)
 		{
 			DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo("fmt_xml");
+			if (di.Exists == false)
+				di.Create();
 			FileInfo[] fis = di.GetFiles(pattern);
 			foreach (FileInfo fi in fis) fi.Delete();
 		}