diff --git a/pyfpdb/HandHistoryConverter.py b/pyfpdb/HandHistoryConverter.py
index bb30e705..76a98e7b 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/HandHistoryConverter.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/HandHistoryConverter.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class HandHistoryConverter():
         else:
             # TODO: out_path should be sanity checked.
             out_dir = os.path.dirname(self.out_path)
-            if not os.path.isdir(out_dir):
+            if not os.path.isdir(out_dir) and out_dir != '':
                 logging.info("Creatin directory '%s'" % out_dir)
                 os.makedirs(out_dir)
             self.out_fh = open(self.out_path, 'w')