diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/mod/ModFolderModel.cpp b/launcher/minecraft/mod/ModFolderModel.cpp
index 9aca686f..66e80f4a 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/mod/ModFolderModel.cpp
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/mod/ModFolderModel.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 
 ModFolderModel::ModFolderModel(const QString &dir, bool is_indexed) : ResourceFolderModel(QDir(dir)), m_is_indexed(is_indexed)
 {
-    FS::ensureFolderPathExists(m_dir.absolutePath());
     m_column_sort_keys = { SortType::ENABLED, SortType::NAME, SortType::VERSION, SortType::DATE };
 }
 
diff --git a/launcher/minecraft/mod/ResourceFolderModel.cpp b/launcher/minecraft/mod/ResourceFolderModel.cpp
index 95bd5648..b2356309 100644
--- a/launcher/minecraft/mod/ResourceFolderModel.cpp
+++ b/launcher/minecraft/mod/ResourceFolderModel.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 ResourceFolderModel::ResourceFolderModel(QDir dir, QObject* parent) : QAbstractListModel(parent), m_dir(dir), m_watcher(this)
 {
+    FS::ensureFolderPathExists(m_dir.absolutePath());
+
     m_dir.setFilter(QDir::Readable | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::Files | QDir::Dirs);
     m_dir.setSorting(QDir::Name | QDir::IgnoreCase | QDir::LocaleAware);