diff --git a/materials_commons/cli/globus.py b/materials_commons/cli/globus.py
index af13d92..f4db2e7 100644
--- a/materials_commons/cli/globus.py
+++ b/materials_commons/cli/globus.py
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ def download_v0(self, proj, paths, download, working_dir, recursive=False, no_co
             # create missing local parent directories
             local_dir = os.path.dirname(local_abspath)
             if not os.path.exists(local_dir):
-                os.path.makedirs(local_dir)
+                os.makedirs(local_dir)
             if not os.path.isdir(local_dir):
                 if self.verbose:
                     print(printpath + ": parent not a directory (skipping)")