diff --git a/litle/sdk/BatchRequest.php b/litle/sdk/BatchRequest.php
index 1f4380ef..2e733046 100644
--- a/litle/sdk/BatchRequest.php
+++ b/litle/sdk/BatchRequest.php
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ public function __construct($request_dir = NULL)
         $filename = $request_dir . "batch_" . $ts . "_txns";
         $batch_filename = $request_dir . "batch_" . $ts;
 
+        if (!is_dir($request_dir)) {
+            mkdir($request_dir);
+        }
+
         // if either file already exists, let's try again!
         if (file_exists($filename) || file_exists($batch_filename)) {
             $this->__construct();
diff --git a/litle/sdk/LitleRequest.php b/litle/sdk/LitleRequest.php
index ea55e3e6..966af9dd 100644
--- a/litle/sdk/LitleRequest.php
+++ b/litle/sdk/LitleRequest.php
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ public function __construct($overrides=array())
         $batches_filename = $request_dir . "request_" . $ts . "_batches";
         $request_filename = $request_dir . "request_" . $ts;
         $response_filename = $request_dir . "response_" . $ts;
+
+        if (!is_dir($request_dir)) {
+            mkdir($request_dir);
+        }
+
         // if either file already exists, let's try again!
         if (file_exists($batches_filename) || file_exists($request_filename) || file_exists($response_filename)) {
             $this->__construct();