diff --git a/.gulp/tasks/icons.ts b/.gulp/tasks/icons.ts
index ea7012d..da574b7 100644
--- a/.gulp/tasks/icons.ts
+++ b/.gulp/tasks/icons.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { CHARSET } from "../../extensions/consts/files";
 import { IGenericObject } from "../../extensions/interfaces/igeneric-object";
 import { IIcon } from './../interfaces/iicon';
 import paths from '../../extensions/consts/paths';
+import { ensureDir } from '../../extensions/helpers/fs';
 
 /**
  * Returns an object implementing the IIcon interface
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ export default gulp.task('build:icons', cb => {
   let partialsData: IGenericObject<any> = {};
   let pathTemp: string = './themes/.material-theme-icons.tmp';
 
+  ensureDir(path.join(paths.THEMES));
+
   icons[icons.length - 1].last = true;
 
   partials.forEach(partial => {
diff --git a/.gulp/tasks/themes.ts b/.gulp/tasks/themes.ts
index 1e75ace..9dca1a8 100644
--- a/.gulp/tasks/themes.ts
+++ b/.gulp/tasks/themes.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { CHARSET } from "../../extensions/consts/files";
 import { IDefaults } from "../../extensions/interfaces/idefaults";
 import { IThemeVariant } from './../interfaces/itheme-variant';
 import paths from '../../extensions/consts/paths';
+import { ensureDir } from '../../extensions/helpers/fs';
 
 let commons: IDefaults = require('../../extensions/defaults.json');
 
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ fileNames.forEach(fileName => {
 export default gulp.task('build:themes', cb => {
   gulpUtil.log(gulpUtil.colors.gray(HR));
 
+  ensureDir(path.join(paths.THEMES));
+
   try {
     themeVariants.forEach(variant => {
       let filePath = path.join(paths.THEMES, `./${variant.name}.json`);
diff --git a/extensions/helpers/fs.ts b/extensions/helpers/fs.ts
index 013f2ee..3e84ef6 100644
--- a/extensions/helpers/fs.ts
+++ b/extensions/helpers/fs.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ import { IDefaults } from "../interfaces/idefaults";
 import { IThemeIcons } from "../interfaces/itheme-icons";
 import { PATHS } from "../consts/paths";
 
+/**
+ * @export
+ * @param {string} dirname
+ */
+export function ensureDir(dirname: string): void {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dirname)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(dirname);
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Gets default value
  * @export