diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index efcb61b..c07d15d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ dirs: ## create the dirs in working dir
 	@-mkdir -p images/
 	@-mkdir -p images-tiff/
 	@-mkdir -p output/
-	@-mkdir -p output/wordtagger
 	@-mkdir -p ocr/
 	@-mkdir -p hocr/
 	@echo $(color_r)'Directories made': images/ output/
@@ -72,6 +71,7 @@ hocrs: ## hocr with tesseract and then change extension to .html
 #OUTPUT GENERATION RECIPES
 
 output/wordtagger/index.html: ocr/output.txt ## Analyzes OCR'ed text using a Part of Speech (POS) tagger. Outputs a string of tags (e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs). Dependencies: python3's nltk, jinja2
+	mkdir -p output/wordtagger
 	cp src/wordtagger/jquery.min.js output/wordtagger
 	cp src/wordtagger/script.js output/wordtagger
 	cp src/wordtagger/style.css output/wordtagger
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ output/carlandre.txt: ocr/output.txt ## Alice: Creates visual poetry out of a te
 	cat $< | python3 src/carlandre.py > $(@)
 # cat $(@) > /dev/usb/lp0
 
-output/overunder.txt: ocr/output.txt ## Alice: An interpreted language that translate simple weaving instructions and creates a weaving pattern on text. Dependencies: 
+output/overunder.txt: ocr/output.txt ## Alice: An interpreted language that translate simple weaving instructions and creates a weaving pattern on text. Dependencies:
 	cat $< | python3 src/overunder.py > $(@)