diff --git a/frigate/app.py b/frigate/app.py
index b6a94ed66..8b5766148 100644
--- a/frigate/app.py
+++ b/frigate/app.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class FrigateApp:
         for d in dirs:
             if not os.path.exists(d) and not os.path.islink(d):
                 logger.info(f"Creating directory: {d}")
-                os.makedirs(d)
+                os.makedirs(d, exist_ok=True)
             else:
                 logger.debug(f"Skipping directory: {d}")
 
diff --git a/frigate/record/maintainer.py b/frigate/record/maintainer.py
index 6d25622f4..62d4ad8cb 100644
--- a/frigate/record/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/record/maintainer.py
@@ -610,8 +610,7 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
             camera,
         )
 
-        if not os.path.exists(directory):
-            os.makedirs(directory)
+        os.makedirs(directory, exist_ok=True)
 
         # file will be in utc due to start_time being in utc
         file_name = f"{start_time.strftime('%M.%S.mp4')}"
diff --git a/frigate/track/tracked_object.py b/frigate/track/tracked_object.py
index a041e5802..03117df69 100644
--- a/frigate/track/tracked_object.py
+++ b/frigate/track/tracked_object.py
@@ -531,8 +531,7 @@ class TrackedObject:
 
         directory = os.path.join(THUMB_DIR, self.camera_config.name)
 
-        if not os.path.exists(directory):
-            os.makedirs(directory)
+        os.makedirs(directory, exist_ok=True)
 
         thumb_bytes = self.get_thumbnail("webp")