diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 702d8beee..22351472d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ kiwix-lib 3.1.1
  feed generation.
  * Convert the standard opds date to our format (YYYY-MM-DD)
  * Remove duplicate language attribute in the libxml dumper.
+ * Create the datadirectory to not fail to write a file in a non-existent
+   directory
 
 kiwix-lib 3.1.0
 ===============
diff --git a/src/aria2.cpp b/src/aria2.cpp
index c19cabe4b..0048ebd0f 100644
--- a/src/aria2.cpp
+++ b/src/aria2.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Aria2::Aria2():
   m_lock(PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER)
 {
   m_downloadDir = getDataDirectory();
+  makeDirectory(m_downloadDir);
   std::vector<const char*> callCmd;
 
   std::string rpc_port = "--rpc-listen-port=" + to_string(m_port);