# Jekyll build won't generate a new folder

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-build-wont-generate-a-new-folder/3949>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-build-wont-generate-a-new-folder/3949 "2020-02-20T18:37:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Boreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Boreal](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/Boreal)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-build-wont-generate-a-new-folder/3949/1 "2020-02-20T18:37:09Z")

</div>

Jekyll build won’t build a new folder in \_site despite it being present in the working directory.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![rdyar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/rdyar/32/710_2.png) [@rdyar](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rdyar)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-build-wont-generate-a-new-folder/3949/2 "2020-02-20T23:08:21Z")

</div>

hmmmmmmm. Could you add some more info? what is the folder named? is there a link to your repo? what is in your config file?

folders that begin with an underscore or period are ignored by default.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Boreal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Boreal](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/Boreal)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-build-wont-generate-a-new-folder/3949/3 "2020-02-21T18:34:23Z")

</div>

Seems like a shutdown and restart fixed the problem.

Thanks for your help.