diff --git a/prototype/src/main/java/org/hso/ecommerce/controller/intern/InternArticleController.java b/prototype/src/main/java/org/hso/ecommerce/controller/intern/InternArticleController.java
index e799210..38b2222 100644
--- a/prototype/src/main/java/org/hso/ecommerce/controller/intern/InternArticleController.java
+++ b/prototype/src/main/java/org/hso/ecommerce/controller/intern/InternArticleController.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -171,15 +172,22 @@ public class InternArticleController {
 				if (imageID.isPresent()) {
 					article.image = imageRepository.findImageById(imageID.get()); // add existing img to article
 				} else {
+
+					Path targetPath = Paths.get("./data/img/");
+					if (Files.notExists(targetPath)) {
+						Files.createDirectories(targetPath);
+					}
+
 					// write new img file to disk
-					Files.newOutputStream(Paths.get("./data/img/", fileName)).write(imgFile.getBytes());
+					Files.newOutputStream(Paths.get(targetPath.toString(), fileName)).write(imgFile.getBytes());
 					// create new img
 					Image newImage = new Image();
 					newImage.path = "./data/img/" + fileName; // set new file to new img
 					imageRepository.save(newImage); // save new img
 					article.image = newImage; // set new img to article
 				}
-			} catch (Exception e) {
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
 				setDefaultImage(article); // if upload failed, reset to default img
 			}
 		}