diff --git a/scripts/download-methyl.sh b/scripts/download-methyl.sh
index 9533391b1b..364994007e 100644
--- a/scripts/download-methyl.sh
+++ b/scripts/download-methyl.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ URL="https://d3b-openaccess-us-east-1-prd-pbta.s3.amazonaws.com/open-targets"
 RELEASE="v13"
 
 # check if the release folder exists, if not, create a release folder
-#[ ! -d "../data/$RELEASE/" ] && mkdir ../data/$RELEASE/
+[ ! -d "../data/$RELEASE/" ] && mkdir ../data/$RELEASE/
 
 # The md5sum file provides our single point of truth for which files are in a release.
 curl --create-dirs $URL/$RELEASE/methyl-md5sum.txt -o ../data/$RELEASE/methyl-md5sum.txt -z ../data/$RELEASE/methyl-md5sum.txt