diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 22bab4ec..933ec201 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ v0.83.2		16-Nov-2005
 		Reinstalled tic orphans and bad crc handling using new method.
 		Removed some debug logging.
 		Now using new tmp workdirectory functions.
+		When a hatch directory doesn't exist, it is created.
 
 	mbfile:
 		Now using new tmp workdirectory functions.
diff --git a/lib/mbfile.c b/lib/mbfile.c
index 7d261650..5e0de612 100644
--- a/lib/mbfile.c
+++ b/lib/mbfile.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ int mkdirs(char *name, mode_t mode)
 	if ((last == 0) || (last == EEXIST)) {
 		return TRUE;
 	} else {
-		WriteError("$mkdirs(%s)", name);
+		WriteError("mkdirs(%s)", name);
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mbfido/hatch.c b/mbfido/hatch.c
index 5546423e..a01c6abc 100644
--- a/mbfido/hatch.c
+++ b/mbfido/hatch.c
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ int CheckHatch(char *temp)
     char	    mask[256];
     FILE	    *Tf;
 
+    if (mkdirs(temp, 0775) == FALSE) {
+	WriteError("Can't create dir %s", temp);
+	return FALSE;
+    }
+
     fn = xstrcpy(strrchr(temp, '/') + 1);
 
     while (temp[strlen(temp) -1] != '/')