diff --git a/minerva_analysis/__init__.py b/minerva_analysis/__init__.py
index 74440e590..fc681f5b4 100644
--- a/minerva_analysis/__init__.py
+++ b/minerva_analysis/__init__.py
@@ -14,25 +14,23 @@
 # If you're running the pyinstaller version of the code, create a
 # new directory for the data (this will be at ~/ on mac)
 if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
-    data_path = Path(os.path.dirname(sys.executable) + '/data')
+    data_path = Path(os.path.dirname(sys.executable)) / 'data'
     multiprocessing.freeze_support()
 else:
     data_path = Path("minerva_analysis/data")
-
+# print('Data Path', str(data_path), str((data_path).resolve()))
+# Make the Data Path
+data_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 app = Flask(__name__, template_folder=Path('client/templates'), static_folder='data')
 app.config['TEMPLATES_AUTO_RELOAD'] = True
-app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///' + str(data_path.resolve()) + '/db.sqlite3'
+app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///' + str(data_path) + '/db.sqlite3'
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS'] = False
 app.config['CLIENT_PATH'] = app.root_path + '/client/'
-
 config_json_path = data_path / "config.json"
 db = SQLAlchemy(app)
 
 
 def get_config():
-    if not os.path.isdir(data_path):
-        os.makedirs(data_path)
-
     if not os.path.isfile(config_json_path):
         with open(config_json_path, 'w') as f:
             json.dump({}, f)
diff --git a/minerva_analysis_mac.spec b/minerva_analysis_mac.spec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de5f66ee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/minerva_analysis_mac.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+block_cipher = None
+
+
+a = Analysis(['run.py'],
+             pathex=['/opt/homebrew/anaconda3/envs/viewer', '/Users/swarchol/Research/minerva_analysis'],
+             binaries=[],
+             datas=[('minerva_analysis/client', 'minerva_analysis/client'), ('minerva_analysis/__init__.py', 'minerva_analysis/'), ('minerva_analysis/server', 'minerva_analysis/server'), ('/opt/homebrew/anaconda3/envs/viewer/lib/python3.7/site-packages/xmlschema/schemas', 'xmlschema/schemas')],
+             hiddenimports=['scipy.spatial.transform._rotation_groups', 'sqlalchemy.sql.default_comparator', 'cmath'],
+             hookspath=[],
+             hooksconfig={},
+             runtime_hooks=[],
+             excludes=[],
+             win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
+             win_private_assemblies=False,
+             cipher=block_cipher,
+             noarchive=False)
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure, a.zipped_data,
+             cipher=block_cipher)
+
+exe = EXE(pyz,
+          a.scripts,
+          a.binaries,
+          a.zipfiles,
+          a.datas,  
+          [],
+          name='minerva_analysis_mac',
+          debug=False,
+          bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
+          strip=False,
+          upx=True,
+          upx_exclude=[],
+          runtime_tmpdir=None,
+          console=True,
+          disable_windowed_traceback=False,
+          target_arch=None,
+          codesign_identity=None,
+          entitlements_file=None )