diff --git a/EntranceRandomizer.py b/EntranceRandomizer.py
index 9c51946b..738a3ae9 100755
--- a/EntranceRandomizer.py
+++ b/EntranceRandomizer.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import shlex
 import sys
 
 from Main import main
-from Utils import is_bundled, close_console, output_path
+from Utils import is_bundled, close_console
 
 
 class ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter(argparse.RawTextHelpFormatter):
@@ -294,9 +294,6 @@ def parse_arguments(argv, no_defaults=False):
 def start():
     args = parse_arguments(None)
 
-    if args.outputpath and os.path.isdir(args.outputpath):
-        output_path.cached_path = args.outputpath
-
     if is_bundled() and len(sys.argv) == 1:
         # for the bundled builds, if we have no arguments, the user
         # probably wants the gui. Users of the bundled build who want the command line
diff --git a/Main.py b/Main.py
index cc995d17..b3a9ff7a 100644
--- a/Main.py
+++ b/Main.py
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ from Utils import output_path, parse_names_string
 __version__ = '0.6.3-pre'
 
 def main(args, seed=None):
+    if args.outputpath:
+        try:
+            os.mkdir(args.outputpath)
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+        output_path.cached_path = args.outputpath
+
     start = time.process_time()
 
     # initialize the world