diff --git a/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/folder.py b/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/folder.py
index 181ea8e3171ad2863e7bbe13bf364496c942ae41..fe3700f7fdde128088bd469ebcb9a08a9aaba50d 100644
--- a/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/folder.py
+++ b/brian_dashboard_manager/grafana/folder.py
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@ from brian_dashboard_manager.grafana.utils.request import TokenRequest
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def find_folder(token_request, title):
+    folders = get_folders(token_request)
+    try:
+        folder = next(
+            f for f in folders if f['title'].lower() == title.lower())
+    except StopIteration:
+        folder = None
+
+    if not folder:
+        logger.info(f'Created folder: {title}')
+        folder = create_folder(token_request, title)
+    return folder
+
+
 def get_folders(request: TokenRequest):
     return request.get('api/folders')
 
@@ -14,9 +28,7 @@ def create_folder(request: TokenRequest, title):
     try:
         data = {'title': title, 'uid': title.replace(' ', '_')}
         r = request.post('api/folders', json=data)
-    except HTTPError as e:
-        message = e.content.get("message", "")
-        logger.exception(
-            f'Error when creating folder {title} ({message})')
+    except HTTPError:
+        logger.exception(f'Error when creating folder {title}')
         return None
     return r