diff --git a/bin/parse_arguments.sh b/bin/parse_arguments.sh
index 05f7d55..6e9cd4f 100644
--- a/bin/parse_arguments.sh
+++ b/bin/parse_arguments.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ do
         f) FILEPATH=$OPTARG;;
         c) CONFIGPATH=$OPTARG;;
         e) GRAPHJS_DIR=$OPTARG
-            GRAPHJS_DIR=$(realpath "$GRAPHJS_DIR")
+            mkdir -p $GRAPHJS_DIR && GRAPHJS_DIR="$(realpath $GRAPHJS_DIR)"
             GRAPH_DIR="$GRAPHJS_DIR/graph"
             NORM="$GRAPH_DIR/normalization.norm"
             NORMALIZED="$GRAPHJS_DIR/normalized.js"