diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/data/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/data/mod.rs
index 19004da70..717d728fc 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/data/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/data/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 pub mod search;
 mod updates;
 
-use std::fs::create_dir_all;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ impl Data {
     pub fn new(options: Opt) -> anyhow::Result<Data> {
         let path = options.db_path.clone();
 
-        create_dir_all(&path)?;
         let index_controller = IndexController::new(&path, &options)?;
 
         let mut api_keys = ApiKeys {
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs
index 73d071daa..77ad957f8 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/mod.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ impl IndexController {
             )?;
         }
 
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&path)?;
+
         let uuid_resolver = uuid_resolver::UuidResolverHandleImpl::new(&path)?;
         let index_handle = index_actor::IndexActorHandleImpl::new(&path, index_size)?;
         let update_handle = update_actor::UpdateActorHandleImpl::new(