diff --git a/pages/permits.tsx b/pages/permits.tsx
index 07bdf33..b129c39 100644
--- a/pages/permits.tsx
+++ b/pages/permits.tsx
@@ -105,7 +105,12 @@ export default PDFViewerPage;
 
 
 export const getServerSideProps = async (context) => {
-    const permitsFolder = '/public/content/permits/';
+    const permitsFolder = path.join(process.cwd(), 'public', 'content', 'permits');
+
+    // Create folders if they do not exist
+    if (!fs.existsSync(permitsFolder)) {
+        fs.mkdirSync(permitsFolder, { recursive: true });
+    }
     //get all the files in the permits folder order them by date desc and display them
     const pdfFiles = fs.readdirSync(path.join(process.cwd(), permitsFolder)).map(file => {
         return {