diff --git a/appPublic/folderUtils.py b/appPublic/folderUtils.py
index 38197f5..34d10cd 100755
--- a/appPublic/folderUtils.py
+++ b/appPublic/folderUtils.py
@@ -142,18 +142,7 @@ def _mkdir(newdir) :
         - regular file in the way, raise an exception
         - parent directory(ies) does not exist, make them as well
     """
-    if os.path.isdir(newdir):
-        pass
-    elif os.path.isfile(newdir):
-        raise OSError("a file with the same name as the desired " \
-                      "dir, '%s', already exists." % newdir)
-    else:
-        head, tail = os.path.split(newdir)
-        if head and not os.path.isdir(head):
-            _mkdir(head)
-        #print "_mkdir %s" % repr(newdir)
-        if tail:
-            os.mkdir(newdir)
+	return os.makedirs(newdir, exist_ok=True)
 
 def _copyfile(fp,dir) :
 	fs = open(fp,'rb')