diff --git a/manpage_parser/parser.py b/manpage_parser/parser.py
index 0a8413a..7f63e17 100755
--- a/manpage_parser/parser.py
+++ b/manpage_parser/parser.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 current_path = sys.path[0]
 output_path = os.path.join(current_path, "output")
+os.makedirs(output_path, exist_ok=True)
 
 groff_util = GroffUtil()