diff --git a/packages/scraper/src/scheduler.ts b/packages/scraper/src/scheduler.ts
index b0252cb..7e88060 100644
--- a/packages/scraper/src/scheduler.ts
+++ b/packages/scraper/src/scheduler.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ import { rmSync, mkdirSync } from "fs";
 /** Run a scraper with an isolated Crawlee storage directory to prevent queue collisions */
 async function withIsolatedStorage(name: string, fn: () => Promise<void>): Promise<void> {
   const dir = join(__dirname, "..", "..", "..", `storage-${name}`);
-  mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+  // Pre-create Crawlee's internal subdirectory tree to avoid ENOENT races
+  mkdirSync(join(dir, "request_queues", "default"), { recursive: true });
+  mkdirSync(join(dir, "datasets", "default"), { recursive: true });
+  mkdirSync(join(dir, "key_value_stores", "default"), { recursive: true });
   const prev = process.env.CRAWLEE_STORAGE_DIR;
   process.env.CRAWLEE_STORAGE_DIR = dir;
   try {