diff --git a/server/texture-sync-server/src/persistency/mod.rs b/server/texture-sync-server/src/persistency/mod.rs
index cb985ed..950a9a1 100644
--- a/server/texture-sync-server/src/persistency/mod.rs
+++ b/server/texture-sync-server/src/persistency/mod.rs
@@ -191,8 +191,14 @@ impl DataStore {
                 None
             }
         }
+        let texture_base_path = self.texture_base_path();
 
-        let texture_dir = std::fs::read_dir(self.texture_base_path())?;
+        if !texture_base_path.exists() {
+            println!("No Textures Found: Skip GC.");
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        let texture_dir = std::fs::read_dir(texture_base_path)?;
 
         let mut hashs_on_disk = HashSet::new();
         for result_direntry in texture_dir {