diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Setup.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Setup.php
index 8be0dc7e7..610f3c4f4 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Setup.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Setup.php
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ class Setup extends \Zotlabs\Web\Controller {
 			killme();
 		}
 	
-		if (x($_POST, 'pass'))
+		if (x($_POST, 'pass')) {
 			$this->install_wizard_pass = intval($_POST['pass']);
+		}
 		else {
 			$this->install_wizard_pass = 1;
-			@os_mkdir(TEMPLATE_BUILD_PATH, STORAGE_DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS, true);
 		}
 	}
 	
diff --git a/Zotlabs/Render/SmartyTemplate.php b/Zotlabs/Render/SmartyTemplate.php
index b7e68c1bc..7abe0731c 100755
--- a/Zotlabs/Render/SmartyTemplate.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Render/SmartyTemplate.php
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ class SmartyTemplate implements TemplateEngine {
 			? \App::$config['system']['smarty3_folder'] : '');
         if (!$basecompiledir) $basecompiledir = str_replace('Zotlabs','',dirname(__dir__)) . "/" . TEMPLATE_BUILD_PATH;
         if (!is_dir($basecompiledir)) {
-            echo "<b>ERROR:</b> folder <tt>$basecompiledir</tt> does not exist."; killme();
+			@os_mkdir(TEMPLATE_BUILD_PATH, STORAGE_DEFAULT_PERMISSIONS, true);
+	        if (!is_dir($basecompiledir)) {
+				echo "<b>ERROR:</b> folder <tt>$basecompiledir</tt> does not exist."; killme();
+			}
         }
 		if(!is_writable($basecompiledir)){
 			echo "<b>ERROR:</b> folder <tt>$basecompiledir</tt> must be writable by webserver."; killme();