diff --git a/cicd/jfrog.pl b/cicd/jfrog.pl
index 923ad1d5d..b137280bd 100755
--- a/cicd/jfrog.pl
+++ b/cicd/jfrog.pl
@@ -183,10 +183,11 @@ for ($i = 0; $i<@lines; $i++) {
       my $ttype = "fast";
       my $work_fname = "$best_tb/pending_work/$cicd_prefix-$fname_nogz-$ttype";
 
-      open(FILE, ">", "$work_fname");
-
+      system("mkdir -p $best_tb/pending_work");
       system("mkdir -p $best_tb/reports/$ttype");
 
+      open(FILE, ">", "$work_fname");
+
       print FILE "CICD_TYPE=$ttype\n";
       print FILE "CICD_RPT_NAME=$fname_nogz\n";
       print FILE "CICD_RPT_DIR=$tb_url_base/$best_tb/reports/$ttype\n";
@@ -200,10 +201,10 @@ for ($i = 0; $i<@lines; $i++) {
       $ttype = "basic";
       $work_fname = "$best_tb/pending_work/$cicd_prefix-$fname_nogz-$ttype";
 
-      open(FILE, ">", "$work_fname");
-
       system("mkdir -p $best_tb/reports/$ttype");
 
+      open(FILE, ">", "$work_fname");
+
       print FILE "CICD_TYPE=$ttype\n";
       print FILE "CICD_RPT_NAME=$fname_nogz\n";
       print FILE "CICD_RPT_DIR=$tb_url_base/$best_tb/reports/$ttype\n";