diff --git a/src/app/services/python-uploader/filesystem/FileSystem.ts b/src/app/services/python-uploader/filesystem/FileSystem.ts
index b80bcbad..a7e96186 100644
--- a/src/app/services/python-uploader/filesystem/FileSystem.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/python-uploader/filesystem/FileSystem.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ async function mkdir(writer: WritableStreamDefaultWriter, reader: ReadableStream
     if (failed) {
         throw new Error(stdErr);
     }
+    return stdOut;
 }
 
 async function ls(writer: WritableStreamDefaultWriter, reader: ReadableStreamDefaultReader, path: string): Promise<{name: string, isDir: boolean}[]> {
diff --git a/src/app/services/python-uploader/mip/PackageManager.ts b/src/app/services/python-uploader/mip/PackageManager.ts
index f997d891..7294b9b7 100644
--- a/src/app/services/python-uploader/mip/PackageManager.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/python-uploader/mip/PackageManager.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {get, ls, put, rm, rmdir} from "../filesystem/FileSystem";
+import {get, ls, mkdir, put, rm, rmdir} from "../filesystem/FileSystem";
 
 
 export class PackageManager {
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ export class PackageManager {
         if (!url) {
             throw new Error('No url provided');
         } else if (url.startsWith('github:')) {
+            let writer = this.serialPort.writable.getWriter();
+            let reader = this.serialPort.readable.getReader();
+            try {
+                await mkdir(writer, reader, '/lib');
+            } catch (error) {}
+            writer.releaseLock();
+            reader.releaseLock();
             let json = JSON.parse(await PackageManager.fetchMipUrl(url));
             const version = json['version'];
             if (await this.checkLibraryVersion(version, PackageManager.getLibraryName(url))) {
@@ -64,8 +71,8 @@ export class PackageManager {
                 content.push({name: '/lib/' + file[0], content: response});
             }
 
-            const writer = this.serialPort.writable.getWriter();
-            const reader = this.serialPort.readable.getReader();
+            writer = this.serialPort.writable.getWriter();
+            reader = this.serialPort.readable.getReader();
             // get a list of .dist-info files in the lib folder and delete them
             const response = await ls(writer, reader, '/lib');
             // get a list of all the .dist-info folders