diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4365525a..66ce37e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
    
 
 ### Fixes
+- General
+  - single thread downloader (**wget**) does not create the directory where the file will be stored 
+  
 - Arch
   - **wget** as a hard requirement for Arch package management
 
diff --git a/bauh/view/core/downloader.py b/bauh/view/core/downloader.py
index 0d61d5b0..5c17d92c 100644
--- a/bauh/view/core/downloader.py
+++ b/bauh/view/core/downloader.py
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import time
 import traceback
 from io import StringIO
 from math import floor
+from pathlib import Path
 from threading import Thread
-from typing import Iterable, List, Tuple
+from typing import Iterable, List
 
 from bauh.api.abstract.download import FileDownloader
 from bauh.api.abstract.handler import ProcessWatcher
@@ -130,10 +131,20 @@ class AdaptableFileDownloader(FileDownloader):
         success = False
         ti = time.time()
         try:
-            if output_path and os.path.exists(output_path):
-                self.logger.info(f'Removing old file found before downloading: {output_path}')
-                os.remove(output_path)
-                self.logger.info(f'Old file {output_path} removed')
+            if output_path:
+                if os.path.exists(output_path):
+                    self.logger.info(f'Removing old file found before downloading: {output_path}')
+                    os.remove(output_path)
+                    self.logger.info(f'Old file {output_path} removed')
+                else:
+                    output_dir = os.path.dirname(output_path)
+
+                    try:
+                        Path(output_dir).mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
+                    except OSError:
+                        self.logger.error(f"Could not make download directory '{output_dir}'")
+                        watcher.print(self.i18n['error.mkdir'].format(dir=output_dir))
+                        return False
 
             client = self.get_available_multithreaded_tool()
             if client: