diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6a09d33..6483532 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ clean:
 	make -C mac clean
 	make -C windows clean
 	rm -rf build
-	mkdir -p release
 
 pydist:
+	mkdir -p release
 	rm -f release/*.zip
 	python setup.py sdist --formats=zip  #,gztar
 	mv dist/comictagger-$(VERSION_STR).zip release
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@ upload:
  
 svn_tag:
 	svn copy https://comictagger.googlecode.com/svn/trunk \
-      https://comictagger.googlecode.com/svn/tags/$(VERSION_STR) -m "Release $(VERSION_STR)"
+		https://comictagger.googlecode.com/svn/tags/$(VERSION_STR) -m "Release $(VERSION_STR)"
 
diff --git a/mac/Makefile b/mac/Makefile
index 65539e7..257255e 100644
--- a/mac/Makefile
+++ b/mac/Makefile
@@ -59,5 +59,6 @@ diskimage:
 	rm -f raw-$(DMG_FILE)
 	
 	#move finished product to release folder
+	mkdir -p $(TAGGER_BASE)/release
 	mv $(DMG_FILE) $(TAGGER_BASE)/release
 	
diff --git a/windows/Makefile b/windows/Makefile
index 234321e..d478bb3 100644
--- a/windows/Makefile
+++ b/windows/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ dist:
 package:
 	echo !define RELEASE_STR $(VERSION) > $(TAGGER_BASE)\windows\nsis\release.nsh
 	$(NSIS_CMD) "$(TAGGER_BASE)\windows\nsis\comictagger.nsi"
+	mkdir -p "$(TAGGER_BASE)\release"
 	mv  "$(TAGGER_BASE)\windows\nsis\ComicTagger*.exe" "$(TAGGER_BASE)\release"
 
 clean: