diff --git a/jade_ota.py b/jade_ota.py
index 6fc3d776..c649a488 100755
--- a/jade_ota.py
+++ b/jade_ota.py
@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@ def _log_progress(written, compressed_size):
     if downloading and not args.release:
         args.release = 'stable'  # default to latest/stable
 
+    # Create target dir if not present
+    if args.writecompressed and not os.path.isdir(COMP_FW_DIR):
+        os.mkdir(COMP_FW_DIR)
+
     # Get the file to OTA
     if args.downloadfw:
         fwlen, patchlen, fwhash, fwcmp = download_file(args.hwtarget, args.writecompressed,