diff --git a/mw b/mw
index 7a791d4..ef9b6c5 100755
--- a/mw
+++ b/mw
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ trysync() { \
 	printf "\033[32mYou must have an internet connection to continue.\033[0m\\nmutt-wizard will run mbsync briefly to (1) ensure that login details are functional and (2) allow mbsync to tell us what mailboxes your email account has.\\nAfter around 15 seconds, mutt-wizard will kill the process and continue.\\nYou can run mbsync manually to finish the mail sync later.\\n"
 	cont
 	(sleep 15; killall mbsync)>/dev/null 2>&1 &
-	mkdir -p "$maildir"
+	mkdir -p "$maildir/$title"
 	mbsync "$title"
 	if ls -d "$maildir/$title/"* >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		printf "\033[32mSync successful.\033[0m\\n"; return