diff --git a/chainforge/flask_app.py b/chainforge/flask_app.py
index 1a775ae..c012649 100644
--- a/chainforge/flask_app.py
+++ b/chainforge/flask_app.py
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ def initCustomProvider():
     if not os.path.isdir(provider_scripts_dir):
         # Create the directory
         try:
-            os.mkdir(provider_scripts_dir)
+            os.makedirs(provider_scripts_dir, exist_ok=True)
         except Exception as e:
             return jsonify({'error': f"Error creating a new directory 'provider_scripts' at filepath {provider_scripts_dir}: {str(e)}"})
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5291533..d4fedf5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def readme():
 
 setup(
     name='chainforge',
-    version='0.2.8.3',
+    version='0.2.8.4',
     packages=find_packages(),
     author="Ian Arawjo",
     description="A Visual Programming Environment for Prompt Engineering",