diff --git a/nzbtomedia/transcoder/transcoder.py b/nzbtomedia/transcoder/transcoder.py
index e98afcf1..205c3db6 100644
--- a/nzbtomedia/transcoder/transcoder.py
+++ b/nzbtomedia/transcoder/transcoder.py
@@ -767,6 +767,9 @@ def Transcode_directory(dirName):
             try:
                 os.unlink(file)
             except: pass
+    if not os.listdir(newDir):  #this is an empty directory and we didn't transcode into it.
+        os.rmdir(newDir)
+        newDir = dirname
     if not nzbtomedia.PROCESSOUTPUT and nzbtomedia.DUPLICATE:  # We postprocess the original files to CP/SB 
         newDir = dirName
     bitbucket.close()