diff --git a/test/webmention/loader-load.test.js b/test/webmention/loader-load.test.js
index 05923ef..1957526 100644
--- a/test/webmention/loader-load.test.js
+++ b/test/webmention/loader-load.test.js
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ describe("webmention loading of existing json files tests", () => {
 		if(fs.existsSync(dumpdir)) {
 			rmdir(dumpdir)
 		}
-		fs.mkdirSync(dumpdir)
+		fs.mkdirSync(dumpdir, {
+			recursive: true
+		})
 	})
 
 	test("return an array of webmentions from domain dir", async () => {
diff --git a/test/webmention/receive-process.test.js b/test/webmention/receive-process.test.js
index 014fbc6..88028cd 100644
--- a/test/webmention/receive-process.test.js
+++ b/test/webmention/receive-process.test.js
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ describe("receive webmention process tests happy path", () => {
 		if(fs.existsSync(dumpdir)) {
 			rmdir(dumpdir)
 		}
-		fs.mkdirSync(dumpdir)
+		fs.mkdirSync(dumpdir, {
+			recursive: true
+		})
 
 		MockDate.set('2020-01-01')
 	})