diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/coreutils/ImageUtils.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/coreutils/ImageUtils.java
index 5a3b75ca69..97922760c5 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/coreutils/ImageUtils.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/coreutils/ImageUtils.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -798,7 +799,12 @@ public class ImageUtils {
             imageSaver.execute(() -> {
                 try {
                     synchronized (cacheFile) {
-                        Files.createParentDirs(cacheFile);
+                        Path path = Paths.get(cacheFile.getParent()); 
+                        File thumbsDir = Paths.get(cacheFile.getParent()).toFile();
+                        if (!thumbsDir.exists()) {
+                            thumbsDir.mkdirs();
+                        }
+        
                         if (cacheFile.exists()) {
                             cacheFile.delete();
                         }