diff --git a/src/DataBlobs/services/BlobStores.jl b/src/DataBlobs/services/BlobStores.jl
index 77383ac3..0dff6b23 100644
--- a/src/DataBlobs/services/BlobStores.jl
+++ b/src/DataBlobs/services/BlobStores.jl
@@ -124,8 +124,18 @@ export FolderStore
 struct FolderStore{T} <: AbstractBlobStore{T}
     key::Symbol
     folder::String
+    function FolderStore{T}(key, folder) where T
+        if !isdir(folder)
+            @info "Folder '$folder' doesn't exist - creating."
+            # create new folder
+            mkpath(folder)
+        end
+        return new(key, folder)
+    end
 end
 
+FolderStore(foldername::String) = FolderStore{Vector{UInt8}}(:default_folder_store, foldername)
+
 blobfilename(store::FolderStore, entry::BlobStoreEntry) = joinpath(store.folder,"$(entry.id).dat")
 entryfilename(store::FolderStore, entry::BlobStoreEntry) = joinpath(store.folder,"$(entry.id).json")
 
diff --git a/src/DataBlobs/services/FileDataEntryBlob.jl b/src/DataBlobs/services/FileDataEntryBlob.jl
index 2f327af2..e55a7f69 100644
--- a/src/DataBlobs/services/FileDataEntryBlob.jl
+++ b/src/DataBlobs/services/FileDataEntryBlob.jl
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ struct FileDataEntry <: AbstractDataEntry
 
     function FileDataEntry(label, id, folder, hash, timestamp)
         if !isdir(folder)
-            @warn "Folder '$folder' doesn't exist - creating."
+            @info "Folder '$folder' doesn't exist - creating."
             # create new folder
             mkpath(folder)
         end
         return new(label, id, folder, hash, timestamp)
-      end
+    end
 end
 
 # @generated function ==(x::FileDataEntry, y::FileDataEntry)
diff --git a/test/consol_DataEntryBlobTests.jl b/test/consol_DataEntryBlobTests.jl
index 4a091dae..df87775e 100644
--- a/test/consol_DataEntryBlobTests.jl
+++ b/test/consol_DataEntryBlobTests.jl
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ deleteData!(dfg, :x2, :random)
 ##==============================================================================
 ## FileDataEntry
 ##==============================================================================
-ade,adb = addData!(FileDataEntry, dfg, :x1, :random, "/tmp/dfgFilestore", dataset1)
+ade,adb = addData!(FileDataEntry, dfg, :x1, :random, "/tmp/dfgFileEntryBlob", dataset1)
 gde,gdb = getData(dfg, :x1, :random)
 dde,ddb = deleteData!(dfg, :x1, :random)
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ deleteData!(dfg, :x2, :random)
 ##==============================================================================
 
 # Create a data store and add it to DFG
-ds = FolderStore{Vector{UInt8}}(:filestore, "/tmp/dfgFilestore")
+ds = FolderStore{Vector{UInt8}}(:filestore, "/tmp/dfgFolderStore")
 addBlobStore!(dfg, ds)
 
 ade,adb = addData!(dfg, :filestore, :x1, :random, dataset1)