diff --git a/src/Control/Monad/Buuka.hs b/src/Control/Monad/Buuka.hs
index 075e859..916da2a 100644
--- a/src/Control/Monad/Buuka.hs
+++ b/src/Control/Monad/Buuka.hs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import Control.Monad.State
 import UnliftIO
        (MonadUnliftIO(..))
 import UnliftIO.Directory
-       (copyFile)
+       (copyFile, createDirectoryIfMissing)
 import UnliftIO.Temporary
        (withSystemTempDirectory)
 
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ newtype BuukaM a = BuukaM (ReaderT Environment IO a)
                    )
 
 runBuukaM :: Environment -> BuukaM a -> IO a
-runBuukaM env (BuukaM f) = runReaderT f env
+runBuukaM env (BuukaM f) = do
+  createDirectoryIfMissing True (workdir env)
+  runReaderT f env
 
 data DecodeException
   = YamlParseException ParseException
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ buukaQ :: BuukaQ a -> BuukaM a
 buukaQ q = do
   w <- asks workdir
   decoded <- (decode <$> liftIO (B.readFile (w </> "buuka.yaml"))) `catch` handleNotFound
-  either (throwM) (pure . runReader (runBuukaQ q)) decoded
+  either throwM (pure . runReader (runBuukaQ q)) decoded
   where
     handleNotFound IOError{ioe_type = NoSuchThing} = pure (Right mempty)
     handleNotFound e = throwM e