diff --git a/dist/smarthbs.compile.js b/dist/smarthbs.compile.js
index cc540c0..c40e719 100644
--- a/dist/smarthbs.compile.js
+++ b/dist/smarthbs.compile.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ exports.compileDirectory = (originDirPathArg, destinationDirPathArg, dataFileNam
         let template = plugins.handlebars.compile(hbsFileString);
         let output = template(data);
         console.log('hi ' + output + ' hi');
+        yield plugins.smartfile.fs.ensureDir(destinationDirPathArg);
         plugins.smartfile.memory.toFsSync(output, plugins.path.join(destinationDirPathArg, parsedPath.name + '.html'));
     }
 });
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diff --git a/ts/smarthbs.compile.ts b/ts/smarthbs.compile.ts
index f624ed6..ed3c4c5 100644
--- a/ts/smarthbs.compile.ts
+++ b/ts/smarthbs.compile.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export let compileDirectory = async (
     let template = plugins.handlebars.compile(hbsFileString)
     let output = template(data)
     console.log('hi ' + output + ' hi')
+    await plugins.smartfile.fs.ensureDir(destinationDirPathArg)
     plugins.smartfile.memory.toFsSync(output, plugins.path.join(destinationDirPathArg, parsedPath.name + '.html'))
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ba3806e..aba8c2d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.64.tgz#979cf3a3d4a368670840bf9b3e448dc33ffe84ee"
 
 "@types/node@*":
-  version "7.0.15"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-7.0.15.tgz#628429289604c5f7e56c13f3a0422f3e59df1a17"
+  version "7.0.18"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-7.0.18.tgz#cd67f27d3dc0cfb746f0bdd5e086c4c5d55be173"
 
 "@types/promises-a-plus@*":
   version "0.0.27"
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ bindings@^1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bindings/-/bindings-1.2.1.tgz#14ad6113812d2d37d72e67b4cacb4bb726505f11"
 
-brace-expansion@^1.0.0:
+brace-expansion@^1.1.7:
   version "1.1.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.7.tgz#3effc3c50e000531fb720eaff80f0ae8ef23cf59"
   dependencies:
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ isarray@~1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isarray/-/isarray-1.0.0.tgz#bb935d48582cba168c06834957a54a3e07124f11"
 
 js-yaml@^3.8.3:
-  version "3.8.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.8.3.tgz#33a05ec481c850c8875929166fe1beb61c728766"
+  version "3.8.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-3.8.4.tgz#520b4564f86573ba96662af85a8cafa7b4b5a6f6"
   dependencies:
     argparse "^1.0.7"
     esprima "^3.1.1"
@@ -391,10 +391,10 @@ mimic-fn@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mimic-fn/-/mimic-fn-1.1.0.tgz#e667783d92e89dbd342818b5230b9d62a672ad18"
 
 minimatch@^3.0.2:
-  version "3.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.3.tgz#2a4e4090b96b2db06a9d7df01055a62a77c9b774"
+  version "3.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz#5166e286457f03306064be5497e8dbb0c3d32083"
   dependencies:
-    brace-expansion "^1.0.0"
+    brace-expansion "^1.1.7"
 
 minimist@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"
@@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ typings-global@^1.0.14, typings-global@^1.0.16:
     shelljs "^0.7.7"
 
 uglify-js@^2.6:
-  version "2.8.22"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-2.8.22.tgz#d54934778a8da14903fa29a326fb24c0ab51a1a0"
+  version "2.8.23"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-2.8.23.tgz#8230dd9783371232d62a7821e2cf9a817270a8a0"
   dependencies:
     source-map "~0.5.1"
     yargs "~3.10.0"