diff --git a/etiquette/objects.py b/etiquette/objects.py
index ba8b66e..4b32ed1 100644
--- a/etiquette/objects.py
+++ b/etiquette/objects.py
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ class Photo(ObjectBase):
         folder = os.sep.join(folder)
         folder = self.photodb.thumbnail_directory.join(folder)
         if folder:
-            os.makedirs(folder.absolute_path, exist_ok=True)
+            folder.makedirs(exist_ok=True)
         hopeful_filepath = folder.with_child(basename + '.jpg')
         return hopeful_filepath
 
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ class Photo(ObjectBase):
 
         self.photodb.log.debug('Renaming file "%s" -> "%s"', old_path.absolute_path, new_path.absolute_path)
 
-        os.makedirs(new_path.parent.absolute_path, exist_ok=True)
+        new_path.parent.makedirs(exist_ok=True)
 
         # The plan is to make a hardlink now, then delete the original file
         # during commit. This only applies to normcase != normcase, because on
diff --git a/etiquette/photodb.py b/etiquette/photodb.py
index efae72a..8e58a78 100644
--- a/etiquette/photodb.py
+++ b/etiquette/photodb.py
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ class PhotoDB(
                 msg = f'"{self.database_filepath.absolute_path}" does not exist and create is off.'
                 raise FileNotFoundError(msg)
 
-            os.makedirs(self.data_directory.absolute_path, exist_ok=True)
+            self.data_directory.makedirs(exist_ok=True)
             self.sql = sqlite3.connect(self.database_filepath.absolute_path)
 
         if existing_database:
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ class PhotoDB(
 
         # THUMBNAIL DIRECTORY
         self.thumbnail_directory = self.data_directory.with_child(constants.DEFAULT_THUMBDIR)
-        os.makedirs(self.thumbnail_directory.absolute_path, exist_ok=True)
+        self.thumbnail_directory.makedirs(exist_ok=True)
 
         # CONFIG
         self.config_filepath = self.data_directory.with_child(constants.DEFAULT_CONFIGNAME)