diff --git a/templatetags/minijs.py b/templatetags/minijs.py
index cada35a..cf003a0 100644
--- a/templatetags/minijs.py
+++ b/templatetags/minijs.py
@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ def minify_files(self, output_path, input_paths):
           minification_necessary = True
 
         if minification_necessary:
-          for filename in os.listdir(output_directory):
-              if filename.startswith(base_filename):
-                  os.remove(os.path.join(output_directory, filename))
+          if os.path.exists(output_directory):
+            for filename in os.listdir(output_directory):
+                if filename.startswith(base_filename):
+                    os.remove(os.path.join(output_directory, filename))
           if os.path.exists(output_path):
             os.remove(output_path)
           concatenated_source = ''