diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f37299d..7483a9d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.7)
 project(xdgjson
-        VERSION 0.2.1
+        VERSION 0.2.2
         LANGUAGES CXX
 )
 
diff --git a/src/xdgjson.cpp b/src/xdgjson.cpp
index 795add6..853c676 100644
--- a/src/xdgjson.cpp
+++ b/src/xdgjson.cpp
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ xdgjson::xdgjson(const string &filename, const string &subdir)
     if (!subdir.empty())
     {
         _filepath /= subdir;
-        if (!fs::exists(_filepath))
-        {
-            fs::create_directories(_filepath);
-        }
+    }
+    if (!fs::exists(_filepath))
+    {
+        fs::create_directories(_filepath);
     }
     _filepath /= filename;
 }