diff --git a/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java b/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
index 71cf6e07..38a49676 100644
--- a/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
+++ b/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ import org.apache.maven.util.MD5Sum;
  * Default implemenataion of Artifact Deployer interface 
  *   
  * @author <a href="michal.maczka@dimatics.com">Michal Maczka</a> 
- * @version $Id: DefaultArtifactDeployer.java,v 1.6 2003/06/23 09:49:38 michal Exp $
+ * @version $Id: DefaultArtifactDeployer.java,v 1.7 2003/06/24 16:20:51 michal Exp $
  */
 public class DefaultArtifactDeployer implements ArtifactDeployer
 {
@@ -210,11 +210,11 @@ public class DefaultArtifactDeployer implements ArtifactDeployer
                 new File(
                     getLocalRepository(project),
                     getRepositoryPath(type, project, version));
-            if (!file.exists())
+            if (!destFile.exists())
             {
-                file.mkdirs();
+                destFile.mkdirs();
             }
-            file = new File(file, getRepositoryFile(type, project, version));
+            destFile = new File(file, getRepositoryFile(type, project, version));
             System.out.println(
                 "Copying: from '" + file + "' to: '" + destFile + "'");
             FileUtils.copyFile(file, destFile);