diff --git a/source/net/filebot/Settings.java b/source/net/filebot/Settings.java
index 158fac98..5cc3dc69 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/Settings.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/Settings.java
@@ -269,10 +269,7 @@ public final class Settings {
 		public File getCanonicalFile() {
 			File path = get();
 			try {
-				if (!path.isDirectory()) {
-					createFolders(path);
-				}
-				return path.getCanonicalFile();
+				return createFolders(path.getCanonicalFile());
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				debug.log(Level.SEVERE, String.format("Failed to create application folder: %s => %s", this, path), e);
 				return path;
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java b/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
index 989b6e44..c08cb70c 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ import java.util.TreeSet;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+
 import com.ibm.icu.text.CharsetDetector;
 import com.ibm.icu.text.CharsetMatch;
 
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ public final class FileUtilities {
 
 		if (source.isDirectory()) {
 			// move folder
-			org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.moveDirectory(source, destination);
+			FileUtils.moveDirectory(source, destination);
 			return destination;
 		}
 
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ public final class FileUtilities {
 
 		if (source.isDirectory()) {
 			// copy folder
-			org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.copyDirectory(source, destination);
+			FileUtils.copyDirectory(source, destination);
 			return destination;
 		}
 
@@ -156,13 +158,11 @@ public final class FileUtilities {
 
 	public static boolean delete(File file) {
 		// delete files or files
-		return org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.deleteQuietly(file);
+		return FileUtils.deleteQuietly(file);
 	}
 
-	public static void createFolders(File folder) throws IOException {
-		if (!folder.isDirectory()) {
-			Files.createDirectories(folder.toPath());
-		}
+	public static File createFolders(File folder) throws IOException {
+		return Files.createDirectories(folder.toPath()).toFile();
 	}
 
 	public static void createFileIfNotExists(File file) throws IOException {