diff --git a/rpc.js b/rpc.js
index 5670f1c7a..4d1e0005d 100644
--- a/rpc.js
+++ b/rpc.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 /*  Use Nacl for checking signatures of messages */
 var Nacl = require("tweetnacl");
 
+var Fs = require("fs");
+
 var RPC = module.exports;
 
 var Store = require("./storage/file");
@@ -380,19 +382,17 @@ var getLimit = function (cb) {
 
 };
 
-var createBlobStaging = function (cb) {
-
-};
-
-var createBlobStore = function (cb) {
+var safeMkdir = function (path, cb) {
+    Fs.mkdir(path, function (e) {
+        if (!e || e.code === 'EEXIST') { return void cb(); }
+        cb(e);
+    });
 };
 
 var upload = function (store, Sessions, publicKey, cb) {
 
 };
 
-
-
 /*::const ConfigType = require('./config.example.js');*/
 RPC.create = function (config /*:typeof(ConfigType)*/, cb /*:(?Error, ?Function)=>void*/) {
     // load pin-store...
@@ -509,15 +509,29 @@ RPC.create = function (config /*:typeof(ConfigType)*/, cb /*:(?Error, ?Function)
         }
     };
 
+    var keyOrDefaultString = function (key, def) {
+        return typeof(config[key]) === 'string'? config[key]: def;
+    };
+
+    var pinPath = keyOrDefaultString('pinPath', './pins');
+    var blobPath = keyOrDefaultString('blobPath', './blob');
+    var blobStagingPath = keyOrDefaultString('blobStagingPath', './blobstage');
+
     Store.create({
-        filePath: './pins'
+        filePath: pinPath,
     }, function (s) {
         store = s;
-        cb(void 0, rpc);
 
-        // expire old sessions once per minute
-        setInterval(function () {
-            expireSessions(Sessions);
-        }, 60000);
+        safeMkdir(blobPath, function (e) {
+            if (e) { throw e; }
+            safeMkdir(blobStagingPath, function (e) {
+                if (e) { throw e; }
+                cb(void 0, rpc);
+                // expire old sessions once per minute
+                setInterval(function () {
+                    expireSessions(Sessions);
+                }, 60000);
+            })
+        });
     });
 };