diff --git a/caricari/private.py b/caricari/private.py
index c7a2997..f8e1423 100644
--- a/caricari/private.py
+++ b/caricari/private.py
@@ -70,21 +70,21 @@ async def upload(
     proxy: Annotated[ProxyInfo, Header()],
     request: Request,
 ):
+    assert data.file.filename is not None
     now = datetime.datetime.now()
     directory = f"{now.year}/{now.month}"
     if not Path(data.file.filename).suffix:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Invalid filename extension")
 
-    # XXX: normalize filename
-    # XXX: avoid duplicates
+    directory_absolute = Path(CONFIG["general"]["files"]) / directory
+    directory_absolute.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     temp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
         prefix=normalize_filename(Path(data.file.filename).stem),
         suffix=Path(data.file.filename).suffix,
-        dir=Path(CONFIG["general"]["files"]) / directory,
+        dir=directory_absolute,
         delete=False,
     )
     temp.close()
-    print(temp.name)
     sha256 = hashlib.sha256()
 
     try: