diff --git a/src/output/output.cpp b/src/output/output.cpp
index 4057e1e5..db9257b0 100644
--- a/src/output/output.cpp
+++ b/src/output/output.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <mist/defines.h>
 #include <mist/http_parser.h>
 #include <mist/timing.h>
+#include <mist/util.h>
 #include "output.h"
 
 namespace Mist{
@@ -1088,6 +1089,10 @@ namespace Mist{
   bool Output::connectToFile(std::string file){
     int flags = S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP | S_IROTH | S_IWOTH;
     int mode = O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC;
+    if (!Util::createPathFor(file)){
+      ERROR_MSG("Cannot not create file %s: could not create parent folder", file.c_str());
+      return false;
+    }
     int outFile = open(file.c_str(), mode, flags);
     if (outFile < 0){
       ERROR_MSG("Failed to open file %s, error: %s", file.c_str(), strerror(errno));