diff --git a/versioncheck.php b/versioncheck.php
index 770290ca7..e0ca71a52 100755
--- a/versioncheck.php
+++ b/versioncheck.php
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ if ($dataHandle)
 
      	     if ($argv[1] == "--cron")
      	     {
+               if (is_file('vrrd')) { echo("ERROR: 'vrrd' is not a directory!\n"); exit; }
+               if (is_dir('vrrd') && !is_writable('vrrd')) { echo("ERROR: I can not write in the 'vrrd' directory!\n"); exit; }
+               if (!is_dir('vrrd')) { mkdir('vrrd'); }
      	       $fd = fopen('vrrd/version.txt','w');
      	       fputs($fd, "$major.$minor.$release");
      	       fclose($fd);