diff --git a/bb.sh b/bb.sh
index f4b58d1..0afc866 100755
--- a/bb.sh
+++ b/bb.sh
@@ -1093,8 +1093,8 @@ date_version_detect() {
 # $2     file name of a draft to continue editing (optional)
 do_main() {
 	# make sure we're in the right directory
-	[ $(pwd) != $HOME/public_html/blog ] && 
-		echo "you're not in your blog directory. moving you there now" && cd $HOME/public_html/blog
+	[ $(pwd) != $HOME/public_html/blog ] &&
+		echo "you're not in your blog directory. moving you there now" && mkdir -p $HOME/public_html/blog && cd $HOME/public_html/blog
 
 	# Detect if using BSD date or GNU date
 	date_version_detect