diff --git a/src/main-process/file-recovery-service.js b/src/main-process/file-recovery-service.js
index d1750ff9e..d60006b28 100644
--- a/src/main-process/file-recovery-service.js
+++ b/src/main-process/file-recovery-service.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ async function tryStatFile (path) {
 }
 
 async function copyFile (source, destination, mode) {
-  mkdirp.sync(Path.dirname(destination))
+  await mkdirp(Path.dirname(destination))
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const readStream = fs.createReadStream(source)
     readStream