diff --git a/scripts/generateNsiStats.ts b/scripts/generateNsiStats.ts
index 720eac34d..abe1378ae 100644
--- a/scripts/generateNsiStats.ts
+++ b/scripts/generateNsiStats.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import known_layers from "../src/assets/generated/known_layers.json"
 import { LayerConfigJson } from "../src/Models/ThemeConfig/Json/LayerConfigJson"
 import { TagUtils } from "../src/Logic/Tags/TagUtils"
 import { Utils } from "../src/Utils"
-import { copyFileSync, existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs"
+import { copyFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs"
 import ScriptUtils from "./ScriptUtils"
 import TagRenderingConfig from "../src/Models/ThemeConfig/TagRenderingConfig"
 import { And } from "../src/Logic/Tags/And"
@@ -188,6 +188,12 @@ class GenerateNsiStats extends Script {
             const src = "./node_modules/name-suggestion-index/dist/"
             const files = ["featureCollection.min.json", "nsi.min.json", "wikidata.min.json"]
             console.log(process.cwd())
+
+            // Ensure the target directory exists
+            if (!existsSync(target + "stats")) {
+                mkdirSync(target + "stats", { recursive: true })
+            }
+
             for (const file of files) {
                 console.log("Copying ", src + file, target + "/" + file)
                 copyFileSync(src + file, target + file)