diff --git a/src/core/libs/lib-flowcontrol.sh b/src/core/libs/lib-flowcontrol.sh
index 8106310..ac83c41 100755
--- a/src/core/libs/lib-flowcontrol.sh
+++ b/src/core/libs/lib-flowcontrol.sh
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ load_procedure()
 {
 	[ -z "$1" ] && die_error "load_procedure needs a module as \$1 and procedure as \$2"
 	[ -z "$2" ] && die_error "load_procedure needs a procedure as \$2"
-	if [ "$1" = 'http:' ]
+	if [ "$1" = 'http' ]
 	then
 		log "Loading procedure $2 ..."
+		mkdir -p $RUNTIME_DIR || die_error "Cannot create $RUNTIME_DIR"
 		procedure=$RUNTIME_DIR/aif-procedure-downloaded-`basename $2`
 		wget "$2" -q -O $procedure >/dev/null || die_error "Could not download procedure $2" 
 	else