diff --git a/src/run-policy/submit-pol-job b/src/run-policy/submit-pol-job
index 86cd0545b17e67cde81ee6254b7f3522e3edf507..1589c248ab8f129a99be859047ac8ca9eb731502 100755
--- a/src/run-policy/submit-pol-job
+++ b/src/run-policy/submit-pol-job
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ if [[ -z "$device" ]]; then
 fi
 
 slurm_out="out/pol-%A-$(basename ${policy})-$(basename ${device}).out"
+mkdir -p out
 
 DIR=$outdir POLICYFILE=$policy FILESYSTEM=${device} OUTFILE=${outfile} && \
 DIR=$DIR POLICYFILE=$POLICYFILE FILESYSTEM=${FILESYSTEM} OUTFILE=${OUTFILE} \