diff --git a/ftp_sync.rb b/ftp_sync.rb
index d4f7d50..48de2f6 100644
--- a/ftp_sync.rb
+++ b/ftp_sync.rb
@@ -131,7 +131,13 @@ def upload_folder(dir, ftp)
   
   def sync_folder(local_dir, remote_dir, ftp)
     Dir.chdir local_dir
-    ftp.chdir remote_dir
+    begin
+      ftp.chdir remote_dir
+    rescue
+      # if the remote dir doesn't exist, we create it
+      ftp.mkdir remote_dir
+      ftp.chdir remote_dir
+    end
     
     put_title "process folder: #{Dir.pwd}"