diff --git a/hubconf.py b/hubconf.py
index 7359a58..898b63b 100644
--- a/hubconf.py
+++ b/hubconf.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def create(name, pretrained=True, channels=3, classes=80, autoshape=True, verbos
 
 def custom(path='path/to/model.pt', autoshape=True, verbose=True):
     # YOLOv5 custom or local model
-    return create(path, autoshape, verbose)
+    return create(path, autoshape=autoshape, verbose=verbose)
 
 
 def yolov5s(pretrained=True, channels=3, classes=80, autoshape=True, verbose=True):
diff --git a/utils/google_utils.py b/utils/google_utils.py
index eae2d1b..63d3e5b 100644
--- a/utils/google_utils.py
+++ b/utils/google_utils.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def attempt_download(file, repo='ultralytics/yolov5'):
     file = Path(str(file).strip().replace("'", ''))
 
     if not file.exists():
+        file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)  # make parent dir (if required)
         try:
             response = requests.get(f'https://api.github.com/repos/{repo}/releases/latest').json()  # github api
             assets = [x['name'] for x in response['assets']]  # release assets, i.e. ['yolov5s.pt', 'yolov5m.pt', ...]