diff --git a/transcoder/src/thumbnails.go b/transcoder/src/thumbnails.go
index 97f8887dd..c7184f835 100644
--- a/transcoder/src/thumbnails.go
+++ b/transcoder/src/thumbnails.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (s *MetadataService) ExtractThumbs(path string, sha string) (interface{}, e
 func extractThumbnail(path string, sha string) error {
 	defer printExecTime("extracting thumbnails for %s", path)()
 
-	os.MkdirAll(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", Settings.Metadata), 0o755)
+	os.MkdirAll(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", Settings.Metadata, sha), 0o755)
 
 	if _, err := os.Stat(getThumbPath(sha)); err == nil {
 		return nil