diff --git a/egs/tedlium2/ASR/conformer_ctc3/.decode_multi.py.swp b/egs/tedlium2/ASR/conformer_ctc3/.decode_multi.py.swp
index bb278e1e9..f8021ac37 100644
Binary files a/egs/tedlium2/ASR/conformer_ctc3/.decode_multi.py.swp and b/egs/tedlium2/ASR/conformer_ctc3/.decode_multi.py.swp differ
diff --git a/egs/tedlium2/ASR/conformer_ctc3/decode_multi.py b/egs/tedlium2/ASR/conformer_ctc3/decode_multi.py
index c098fd45c..3b0b0212c 100755
--- a/egs/tedlium2/ASR/conformer_ctc3/decode_multi.py
+++ b/egs/tedlium2/ASR/conformer_ctc3/decode_multi.py
@@ -824,7 +824,9 @@ def main() -> None:
     import shutil
     import os
 
-    if not os.makedir(
+    try: os.makedir(f"{params.exp_dir}/sorted")
+    except: pass
+
     for i, (k, v) in enumerate(wer_dict):
         shutil.copy(f"{params.exp_dir}/epoch-{k}.pt", f"{params.exp_dir}/sorted/epoch-{100-i}.pt")
         if i > 20: