diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index f5b5fc1..b702b45 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -31165,11 +31165,6 @@ function run() {
                 resolvedPath = path_1.default.resolve(chosenPath);
             }
             core.debug(`Resolved path is ${resolvedPath}`);
-            // Create directory if it doesn't already exist
-            if (!fs.existsSync(resolvedPath)) {
-                core.debug(`Creating directory (${resolvedPath}) since it did not exist`);
-                fs.mkdirSync(resolvedPath, { recursive: true });
-            }
             const s3 = new AWS.S3({ region: region });
             const s3Prefix = `${github.context.repo.owner}/${github.context.repo.repo}/${github.context.runId}/${name}/`;
             const s3Params = {
@@ -31190,6 +31185,11 @@ function run() {
                     }
                     const getObjectParams = { Bucket: s3Bucket, Key: fileObject.Key };
                     const localKey = path_1.default.join(resolvedPath, fileObject.Key.replace(s3Prefix, ''));
+                    const localKeyDir = path_1.default.dirname(localKey);
+                    if (!fs.existsSync(localKeyDir)) {
+                        core.debug(`Creating directory (${localKeyDir}) since it did not exist`);
+                        fs.mkdirSync(localKeyDir, { recursive: true });
+                    }
                     const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(localKey);
                     core.info(`Started download: ${localKey}`);
                     core.debug(`S3 download uri: s3://${s3Bucket}/${fileObject.Key}`);
diff --git a/src/download-artifact.ts b/src/download-artifact.ts
index 1ccd5a5..5437dfa 100644
--- a/src/download-artifact.ts
+++ b/src/download-artifact.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
       resolvedPath = path.resolve(chosenPath)
     }
     core.debug(`Resolved path is ${resolvedPath}`)
-    // Create directory if it doesn't already exist
-    if (!fs.existsSync(resolvedPath)) {
-      core.debug(`Creating directory (${resolvedPath}) since it did not exist`)
-      fs.mkdirSync(resolvedPath, {recursive: true})
-    }
     const s3 = new AWS.S3({region: region})
     const s3Prefix = `${github.context.repo.owner}/${github.context.repo.repo}/${github.context.runId}/${name}/`
     const s3Params = {
@@ -50,6 +45,13 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
           resolvedPath,
           fileObject.Key.replace(s3Prefix, '')
         )
+        const localKeyDir = path.dirname(localKey)
+        if (!fs.existsSync(localKeyDir)) {
+          core.debug(
+            `Creating directory (${localKeyDir}) since it did not exist`
+          )
+          fs.mkdirSync(localKeyDir, {recursive: true})
+        }
         const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(localKey)
         core.info(`Started download: ${localKey}`)
         core.debug(`S3 download uri: s3://${s3Bucket}/${fileObject.Key}`)