diff --git a/utils/qwknet/qwkscan.c b/utils/qwknet/qwkscan.c
index bbc19af..d04d800 100644
--- a/utils/qwknet/qwkscan.c
+++ b/utils/qwknet/qwkscan.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ int export_messages(int baseno, char *basefilename, int qwkidx) {
                     fptr = fopen(buffer, "r+");
                     if (!fptr) {
                         fptr = fopen(buffer, "w");
-                        if (!fptr) {
+                        if (fptr) {
                             memset(text, ' ', 128);
                             memcpy(text, hostid, strlen(hostid));
                             fwrite(text, 128, 1, fptr);
@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         exit(-1);
     }
 
+    mkdir(temp_dir, 0755);
+
     for (i=0;i<msgbasecount;i++) {
         msgcount = export_messages(msgbases[i]->baseno, msgbases[i]->path, qwkidx);
         qwkidx += msgcount;