diff --git a/src/api/lib.zig b/src/api/lib.zig
index e28bda5..f153140 100644
--- a/src/api/lib.zig
+++ b/src/api/lib.zig
@@ -781,13 +781,9 @@ fn ApiConn(comptime DbConn: type) type {
             return try self.backendDriveEntryToFrontend(entry, true);
         }
 
-        pub fn driveMkdir(self: *Self, path: []const u8) !DriveEntry {
+        pub fn driveMkdir(self: *Self, parent_path: []const u8, name: []const u8) !DriveEntry {
             const user_id = self.user_id orelse return error.NoToken;
-            var split = std.mem.splitBackwards(u8, path, "/");
-            std.log.debug("{s}", .{path});
-            const base = split.first();
-            const dir = split.rest();
-            const entry = try services.drive.create(self.db, user_id, dir, base, null, self.allocator);
+            const entry = try services.drive.create(self.db, user_id, parent_path, name, null, self.allocator);
             errdefer util.deepFree(self.allocator, entry);
             return try self.backendDriveEntryToFrontend(entry, true);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/controllers/api/drive.zig b/src/main/controllers/api/drive.zig
index 4650106..17e8a27 100644
--- a/src/main/controllers/api/drive.zig
+++ b/src/main/controllers/api/drive.zig
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const std = @import("std");
 const api = @import("api");
 const http = @import("http");
 const util = @import("util");
@@ -68,7 +69,12 @@ pub const mkdir = struct {
     pub const Args = DriveArgs;
 
     pub fn handler(req: anytype, res: anytype, srv: anytype) !void {
-        const result = try srv.driveMkdir(req.args.path);
+        var split = std.mem.splitBackwards(u8, std.mem.trim(u8, req.args.path, "/"), "/");
+        const name = split.first();
+        const parent = split.rest();
+        std.log.debug("{s}, {s}", .{ parent, name });
+
+        const result = try srv.driveMkdir(parent, name);
         errdefer util.deepFree(srv.allocator, result);
 
         try res.json(.created, result);