diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9b45533..b52035f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -69,11 +69,10 @@ i18n:
 
 #compile templates in each language, required for production env.
 templates:
+	mkdir -p lang/master/tmp
 	haxe cagette.hxml -D i18n_generation
 	@make LANG=fr ctemplates
-
 	msgfmt www/lang/texts_fr.po -o www/lang/texts_fr.mo
-	mkdir -p lang/master/tmp
 
 	chown www-data:www-data -R www
 	chown www-data:www-data -R lang