diff --git a/src/pyrdfrules/__about__.py b/src/pyrdfrules/__about__.py
index b0e7df8..9842da8 100644
--- a/src/pyrdfrules/__about__.py
+++ b/src/pyrdfrules/__about__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-present Karel Douda <kareldouda1@gmail.com>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-__version__ = "0.0.9"
+__version__ = "0.0.11"
diff --git a/src/pyrdfrules/engine/util/jvm.py b/src/pyrdfrules/engine/util/jvm.py
index 78f2ded..c992865 100644
--- a/src/pyrdfrules/engine/util/jvm.py
+++ b/src/pyrdfrules/engine/util/jvm.py
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ def setup(rdf_rules_path: str = '', jvm_path: str = '', workspace_path: str|Path
     global _workspace_path
     _workspace_path = str(workspace_path)
     
+    if not os.path.exists(_workspace_path):
+        os.makedirs(_workspace_path, exist_ok=True)
+        
+    if not os.path.exists(_rdfrules_path):
+        os.makedirs(_rdfrules_path, exist_ok=True)
+    
+    if _jvm_path and not os.path.exists(_jvm_path):
+        os.makedirs(_jvm_path, exist_ok=True)
+    
     pass
 
 def get_jvm_path() -> str:
diff --git a/src/tests/test_local_pipeline.py b/src/tests/test_local_pipeline.py
index 42e4cc6..39eca2f 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_local_pipeline.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_local_pipeline.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ def get_path(file_name):
 # from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16694907/download-large-file-in-python-with-requests
 def download_file(url, file_name, base_path):
     file_path = os.path.join(base_path, "dbpedia_yago", file_name)
+    
+    os.makedirs(os.path.join(base_path, "dbpedia_yago"), exist_ok=True)
+    
     print(file_path)
     # check if the file already exists
     if os.path.exists(file_path):