diff --git a/ts/smartarchive.classes.smartarchive.ts b/ts/smartarchive.classes.smartarchive.ts
index d8cce50..c37cbe6 100644
--- a/ts/smartarchive.classes.smartarchive.ts
+++ b/ts/smartarchive.classes.smartarchive.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export class SmartArchive {
   public async extractArchiveFromUrlToFs(urlArg: string, targetDir: string) {
     const parsedPath = plugins.path.parse(urlArg);
     const uniqueFileName = plugins.smartunique.uni() + parsedPath.ext;
+    plugins.smartfile.fs.ensureDir(paths.nogitDir);
     const downloadPath = plugins.path.join(paths.nogitDir, uniqueFileName);
     const downloadedArchive = (await plugins.smartrequest.getBinary(urlArg)).body;
     await plugins.smartfile.memory.toFs(downloadedArchive, downloadPath);
diff --git a/ts/smartarchive.paths.ts b/ts/smartarchive.paths.ts
index be5e516..5e8277b 100644
--- a/ts/smartarchive.paths.ts
+++ b/ts/smartarchive.paths.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ import * as plugins from './smartarchive.plugins';
 
 export const packageDir = plugins.path.join(__dirname, '../');
 export const nogitDir = plugins.path.join(__dirname, './.nogit');
-plugins.smartfile.fs.ensureDir(nogitDir);