diff --git a/create_gz_files.py b/create_gz_files.py
index 57d2054..ca2548c 100644
--- a/create_gz_files.py
+++ b/create_gz_files.py
@@ -31,5 +31,8 @@ def convert_to_gzip(src, out, f):
 src='data/'
 out='compress/'
 
+if not 'compress' in os.listdir():
+    os.mkdir('compress')
+
 for f in os.listdir(src):
     convert_to_gzip(src, out, f)
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