diff --git a/app/app.go b/app/app.go
index ae9244c..f2d729a 100644
--- a/app/app.go
+++ b/app/app.go
@@ -161,11 +161,15 @@ func (a *App) Run() error {
 		}
 		a.Watcher.Add(p.Path)
 	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(a.Config.Server.UploadPath, 0o755); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf(
-			"error creating upload path %s: %w",
-			a.Config.Server.UploadPath, err,
-		)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(a.Config.Server.UploadPath) ; err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		log.Warn(
+			fmt.Sprintf("app: upload path '%s' does not exist. Creating it now.",
+			a.Config.Server.UploadPath))
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(a.Config.Server.UploadPath, 0o755); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"error creating upload path %s: %w",
+				a.Config.Server.UploadPath, err)
+		}
 	}
 	buildFeed(a)
 	go startWatcher(a)
diff --git a/media/library.go b/media/library.go
index 0657847..df916a5 100644
--- a/media/library.go
+++ b/media/library.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"log"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ func (lib *Library) AddPath(p *Path) error {
 			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("media: duplicate library prefix '%s'", p.Prefix))
 		}
 	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(p.Path, 0755); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error creating library path %s: %w", p.Path, err)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(p.Path) ; err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		log.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("media: library path '%s' does not exist. Creating it now.", p.Path))
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(p.Path, 0o755); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error creating library path %s: %w", p.Path, err)
+		}
 	}
 	lib.Paths[p.Path] = p
 	return nil
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ func (lib *Library) Add(fp string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	lib.Videos[v.ID] = v
-	log.Println("Added:", v.Path)
+	log.Debug("Added:", v.Path)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ func (lib *Library) Remove(fp string) {
 	v, ok := lib.Videos[id]
 	if ok {
 		delete(lib.Videos, id)
-		log.Println("Removed:", v.Path)
+		log.Debug("Removed:", v.Path)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index d58c6c2..64092cd 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func Download(url, filename string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filename, data, 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filename, data, 0o644); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}