diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_metadata.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_metadata.py
index 5a7e117a..e5d38ad5 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_metadata.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/tests/test_metadata.py
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ from chatmaild.metadata import (
 @pytest.fixture
 def notifier(tmp_path):
     metadata_dir = tmp_path.joinpath("metadata")
-    if not metadata_dir.exists():
-        metadata_dir.mkdir()
+    metadata_dir.mkdir()
     return Notifier(metadata_dir)