1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm
index 8f7cf2bb..e0893337 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm
@@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ sub create {
          };
          unless (-r $fn) {
                  require File::Path;
-                require File::Basename;
-                File::Path::mkpath(File::Basename::dirname($fn));
+                my ($dir) = ($fn =~ m!(.*?/)[^/]+\z!);
+                File::Path::mkpath($dir);
          }
          # create the DB:
          PublicInbox::Over::dbh($self);