diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 15b11a9..79fe28a 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 * Change remove deprecated `buildNameCache`
 
 
+### 0.21.18 (2020-03-04 19:20:00 UTC)
+
+* Fix NotifierFactory AttributeError on first run init
+
+
 ### 0.21.17 (2020-03-03 21:35:00 UTC)
 
 * Fix do not process magnet links in search results
diff --git a/lib/sg_helpers.py b/lib/sg_helpers.py
index 11ad797..f2cae55 100644
--- a/lib/sg_helpers.py
+++ b/lib/sg_helpers.py
@@ -465,13 +465,13 @@ def chmod_as_parent(child_path):
         logger.error(u'Failed to set permission for %s to %o' % (child_path, child_mode))
 
 
-def make_dirs(path, syno=True):
+def make_dirs(path, syno=False):
     """
     Creates any folders that are missing and assigns them the permissions of their
     parents
     :param path: path
     :type path: AnyStr
-    :param syno:
+    :param syno: whether to trigger a syno library update for path
     :type syno: bool
     :return: success
     :rtype: bool
@@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ def make_dirs(path, syno=True):
                     ek.ek(os.mkdir, sofar)
                     # use normpath to remove end separator, otherwise checks permissions against itself
                     chmod_as_parent(ek.ek(os.path.normpath, sofar))
-                    # todo: reenable
                     if syno:
                         # do the library update for synoindex
                         NOTIFIERS.NotifierFactory().get('SYNOINDEX').addFolder(sofar)
@@ -534,7 +533,7 @@ def write_file(filepath,  # type: AnyStr
     """
     result = False
 
-    if make_dirs(ek.ek(os.path.dirname, filepath), False):
+    if make_dirs(ek.ek(os.path.dirname, filepath)):
         try:
             if raw:
                 with ek.ek(io.FileIO, filepath, 'wb') as fh:
diff --git a/sickbeard/helpers.py b/sickbeard/helpers.py
index e1ef82f..23eb44f 100644
--- a/sickbeard/helpers.py
+++ b/sickbeard/helpers.py
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ def rename_ep_file(cur_path, new_path, old_path_length=0):
     # put the extension on the incoming file
     new_path += cur_file_ext
 
-    make_dirs(ek.ek(os.path.dirname, new_path))
+    make_dirs(ek.ek(os.path.dirname, new_path), syno=True)
 
     # move the file
     try:
diff --git a/sickbeard/postProcessor.py b/sickbeard/postProcessor.py
index a309600..c56db53 100644
--- a/sickbeard/postProcessor.py
+++ b/sickbeard/postProcessor.py
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
         self._log(u'Destination folder for this episode is ' + dest_path, logger.DEBUG)
 
         # create any folders we need
-        if not helpers.make_dirs(dest_path):
+        if not helpers.make_dirs(dest_path, syno=True):
             raise exceptions_helper.PostProcessingFailed(u'Unable to create destination folder: ' + dest_path)
 
         # figure out the base name of the resulting episode file