diff --git a/copyparty/authsrv.py b/copyparty/authsrv.py
index 9bbbdc73..cfd2b2ea 100644
--- a/copyparty/authsrv.py
+++ b/copyparty/authsrv.py
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ class AuthSrv(object):
         self.warn_anonwrite = True
 
         if WINDOWS:
-            self.re_vol = re.compile(r'^([a-zA-Z]:[\\/][^:]*|[^:]*):([^:]*):(.*)')
+            self.re_vol = re.compile(r"^([a-zA-Z]:[\\/][^:]*|[^:]*):([^:]*):(.*)")
         else:
-            self.re_vol = re.compile(r'^([^:]*):([^:]*):(.*)')
+            self.re_vol = re.compile(r"^([^:]*):([^:]*):(.*)")
 
         self.mutex = threading.Lock()
         self.reload()
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class AuthSrv(object):
                 try:
                     src, dst, perms = vol_match.groups()
                 except:
-                    raise Exception('invalid -v argument')
+                    raise Exception("invalid -v argument")
 
                 src = fsdec(os.path.abspath(fsenc(src)))
                 dst = dst.strip("/")
@@ -275,12 +275,12 @@ class AuthSrv(object):
             v.uwrite = mwrite[dst]
 
         try:
-            vfs.get("/", "*", False, True)
-            if self.warn_anonwrite:
+            v, _ = vfs.get("/", "*", False, True)
+            if self.warn_anonwrite and os.getcwd() == v.realpath:
                 self.warn_anonwrite = False
                 self.log(
                     "\033[31manyone can read/write the current directory: {}\033[0m".format(
-                        os.getcwd()
+                        v.realpath
                     )
                 )
         except Pebkac:
diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index b7bee43b..8b6c4a35 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -384,13 +384,21 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             fn = os.path.join(fdir, sanitize_fn(new_dir))
 
             if not os.path.isdir(fsenc(fdir)):
-                raise Pebkac(404, "that folder does not exist")
+                raise Pebkac(500, "parent folder does not exist")
 
-            os.mkdir(fsenc(fn))
+            if os.path.isdir(fsenc(fn)):
+                raise Pebkac(500, "that folder exists already")
 
+            try:
+                os.mkdir(fsenc(fn))
+            except:
+                raise Pebkac(500, "mkdir failed, check the logs")
+
+        vpath = "{}/{}".format(self.vpath, new_dir).lstrip("/")
+        redir = '<script>document.getElementsByTagName("a")[0].click()</script>'
         html = self.conn.tpl_msg.render(
-            h2='<a href="/{}">return to /{}</a>'.format(
-                quotep(self.vpath), html_escape(self.vpath, quote=False)
+            h2='<a href="/{}">go to /{}</a>{}'.format(
+                quotep(vpath), html_escape(vpath, quote=False), redir
             ),
             pre="aight",
         )