diff --git a/lib/millstone.js b/lib/millstone.js
index 01a59cf..2c9c5b2 100644
--- a/lib/millstone.js
+++ b/lib/millstone.js
@@ -210,8 +210,14 @@ function localize(url, options, callback) {
             }
         }
         var dir_path = path.dirname(options.filepath);
-        mkdirp(dir_path, 0755, function(err) {
-            if (err && err.code !== 'EEXIST') {
+        mkdirp(dir_path, 0755).then(() => {
+                download(url, options, function(err, filepath) {
+                    if (err) return callback(err);
+                    callback(null, filepath);
+                });
+        })
+        .catch((err) => {
+            if ( err.code !== 'EEXIST') {
                 if (env == 'development') console.error('[millstone] could not create directory: ' + dir_path);
                 callback(err);
             } else {
@@ -529,8 +535,9 @@ function resolve(options, callback) {
         benchmark = options.benchmark;
 
     Step(function setup() {
-        if (nosymlink) mkdirp(base, 0755, this);
-        else mkdirp(path.join(base, 'layers'), 0755, this);
+        var me = this;
+        if (nosymlink) mkdirp(base, 0755).then(() => {me()}).catch((e)=>{me(e)});
+        else mkdirp(path.join(base, 'layers'), 0755).then(() => {me()}).catch((e)=>{me(e)});
     }, function style_externals(err) {
         if (err && err.code !== 'EEXIST') throw err;
         if (benchmark) console.time("[millstone][benchmark] Resolving style (mss) externals");
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e2a0d3c..6aba46b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         "zipfile": "~0.5.5",
         "sqlite3": "4.1.0",
         "mime": "~1.2.11",
-        "mkdirp": "~0.5.0",
+        "mkdirp": "^1.0.3",
         "optimist": "~0.6.1"
     },
     "devDependencies": {