diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 79bdd9f..95f57dd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func (c *Client) Write(path string, data []byte, _ os.FileMode) error
 ```
 Write writes data to a given path
 
-#### <a name="Client.WriteStream">func</a> (\*Client) [WriteStream](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/client.go?s=7261:7341#L344)
+#### <a name="Client.WriteStream">func</a> (\*Client) [WriteStream](https://github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav/blob/master/client.go?s=7193:7273#L340)
 ``` go
 func (c *Client) WriteStream(path string, stream io.Reader, _ os.FileMode) error
 ```
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 9b4b3d1..d471884 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -323,18 +323,14 @@ func (c *Client) Write(path string, data []byte, _ os.FileMode) error {
 		return nil
 
 	case 409:
-		if idx := strings.LastIndex(path, "/"); idx == -1 {
-			// faulty root
-			return newPathError("Write", path, 500)
-		} else {
-			if err := c.MkdirAll(path[0:idx+1], 0755); err == nil {
+		if i := strings.LastIndex(path, "/"); i > -1 {
+			if err := c.MkdirAll(path[0:i+1], 0755); err == nil {
 				s = c.put(path, bytes.NewReader(data))
-				if s == 200 || s == 201 {
+				if s == 200 || s == 201 || s == 204 {
 					return nil
 				}
 			}
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	return newPathError("Write", path, s)