diff --git a/ppgan/apps/first_order_predictor.py b/ppgan/apps/first_order_predictor.py
index c0f6dded049076c4946496259d1bafa4028e2bdb..7fe981a4718f356d19b714e808aef0989ccfa857 100644
--- a/ppgan/apps/first_order_predictor.py
+++ b/ppgan/apps/first_order_predictor.py
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ class FirstOrderPredictor(BasePredictor):
                 weight_path = get_path_from_url(vox_cpk_weight_url)
 
         self.weight_path = weight_path
+        if not os.path.exists(output):
+            os.makedirs(output)
         self.output = output
         self.relative = relative
         self.adapt_scale = adapt_scale
diff --git a/ppgan/utils/download.py b/ppgan/utils/download.py
index 49e1d061a4c76b409bc2afe4e11e9c0d5da2db10..e9411a29db9bef05f7d487699e27731e86e40a44 100644
--- a/ppgan/utils/download.py
+++ b/ppgan/utils/download.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def _download(url, path, md5sum=None):
             raise RuntimeError("Download from {} failed. "
                                "Retry limit reached".format(url))
 
-        logger.info("Downloading {} from {}".format(fname, url))
+        logger.info("Downloading {} from {} to {}".format(fname, url, fullname))
 
         req = requests.get(url, stream=True)
         if req.status_code != 200: