diff --git a/packages/capacitor-plugin/src/web.ts b/packages/capacitor-plugin/src/web.ts
index 1962d2f..fdc3ea6 100644
--- a/packages/capacitor-plugin/src/web.ts
+++ b/packages/capacitor-plugin/src/web.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type {
 // Type definitions for the Capacitor Filesystem API
 interface FilesystemPlugin {
   readFile(options: { path: string }): Promise<{ data: string }>;
+  stat(options: { path: string }): Promise<{ data: string }>;
   writeFile(options: {
     path: string;
     data: string;
@@ -469,9 +470,11 @@ export class FileTransferWeb extends WebPlugin implements FileTransferPlugin {
       const pathParts = path.split("/");
       if (pathParts.length > 1) {
         const directory = pathParts.slice(0, -1).join("/");
-        await filesystem.mkdir({
-          path: directory,
-          recursive: true,
+        await filesystem.stat({path: directory}).catch(async ()=>{
+          await filesystem.mkdir({
+           path: directory,
+           recursive: true,
+          });
         });
       }