diff --git a/lib/pigeon.rb b/lib/pigeon.rb
index 5c85cde..d2a973d 100644
--- a/lib/pigeon.rb
+++ b/lib/pigeon.rb
@@ -208,7 +208,12 @@ module Pigeon
     end
 
     def self.mkdir_p(path)
-      FileUtils.makedirs(path) unless Dir.exists?(path)
+      if Dir.exists?(path)
+        FileUtils.makedirs(path)
+      else
+      end
+    rescue => x
+      binding.pry
     end
 
     def self.write_to_disk(base_path, mhash, data)
diff --git a/lib/pigeon/database.rb b/lib/pigeon/database.rb
index 6f64830..31d2d12 100644
--- a/lib/pigeon/database.rb
+++ b/lib/pigeon/database.rb
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@ module Pigeon
         .flatten
         .uniq
         .map do |mhash|
-        blob_path = File.join(file_path, Helpers.hash2file_path(mhash))
-        Helpers.write_to_disk(blob_path, mhash, get_blob(mhash))
+        hash2filepath = Helpers.hash2file_path(mhash)
+        blob_path = File.join(file_path, hash2filepath)
+        blob = get_blob(mhash)
+        Helpers.write_to_disk(blob_path, mhash, blob) if blob
       end
 
       # Render messages for all peers.
diff --git a/pigeon.db b/pigeon.db
deleted file mode 100644
index 639f1ba..0000000
Binary files a/pigeon.db and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/spec/pigeon/bundle_spec.rb b/spec/pigeon/bundle_spec.rb
index 5df706f..637b726 100644
--- a/spec/pigeon/bundle_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/pigeon/bundle_spec.rb
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ RSpec.describe Pigeon::Message do
 
   it "ingests a bundle's blobs" do
     db.reset_database
-    db.add_message(db.add_blob("a.gif"), {
-      db.add_blob("b.gif") => db.add_blob("c.gif"),
+    db.add_message(db.add_blob(File.read("a.gif")), {
+      db.add_blob(File.read("b.gif")) => db.add_blob(File.read("c.gif")),
     })
     db.export_bundle("./spec/fixtures/has_blobs")
     STDERR.puts("The directory structure is not correct.")