From a4c4e618bf4688b5754700dced42732b6ff0445c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lorenzo Volpi <lorenzo.volpi@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 08:27:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] output dir bug fixed

---
 quacc/main.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/quacc/main.py b/quacc/main.py
index 6c2cc4c..61d699f 100644
--- a/quacc/main.py
+++ b/quacc/main.py
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ from quacc.environ import env
 
 
 def create_out_dir(dir_name):
-    dir_path = Path(env.OUT_DIR_NAME) / dir_name
+    base_out_dir = Path(env.OUT_DIR_NAME)
+    if not base_out_dir.exists():
+        os.mkdir(base_out_dir)
+    dir_path = base_out_dir / dir_name
     env.OUT_DIR = dir_path
     shutil.rmtree(dir_path, ignore_errors=True)
     os.mkdir(dir_path)