diff --git a/lsyncd.lua b/lsyncd.lua
index 85daf30..e262e5c 100644
--- a/lsyncd.lua
+++ b/lsyncd.lua
@@ -3436,13 +3436,30 @@ local default_direct = {
 		-- gets all events ready for syncing
 		local event, event2 = inlet.getEvent()
 
-		if event.etype == "Create" or event.etype == "Modifiy" then
+		if event.etype == "Create" then
+			if event.isdir then
+				spawn(event,
+					"/bin/mkdir",
+					"-p",
+					event.targetPath
+				)
+			else
+				spawn(event, 
+					"/bin/cp", 
+					"-t", 
+					event.targetPathdir,
+					event.sourcePath 
+				)
+			end
+		elseif event.etype == "Modify" then
+			if event.isdir then
+				error("Do not know how to handle 'Modify' on dirs")
+			end
 			spawn(event, 
 				"/bin/cp", 
-				"-p", 
-				event.sourcePath, 
 				"-t", 
-				event.targetPathdir
+				event.targetPathdir,
+				event.sourcePath 
 			)
 		elseif event.etype == "Delete" then
 			local tp = event.targetPath
diff --git a/tests/churn-direct.lua b/tests/churn-direct.lua
index 3dba789..a26ed50 100755
--- a/tests/churn-direct.lua
+++ b/tests/churn-direct.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ local tdir, srcdir, trgdir = mktemps()
 -- makes some startup data 
 churn(srcdir, 10)
 
-local logs = {}
+local logs = {"-log", "Exec"}
 --logs =  {"-log", "Delay", "-log", "Fsevents" }
 local pid = spawn("./lsyncd", "-nodaemon", 
                   "-direct", srcdir, trgdir, unpack(logs))