diff --git a/micro_manager/adaptivity/adaptivity.py b/micro_manager/adaptivity/adaptivity.py
index b61e008..bcf156e 100644
--- a/micro_manager/adaptivity/adaptivity.py
+++ b/micro_manager/adaptivity/adaptivity.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from math import exp
 from typing import Callable
 from warnings import warn
+import subprocess
 from micro_manager.tools.logging_wrapper import Logger
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -40,8 +41,9 @@ def __init__(self, configurator, rank) -> None:
         output_dir = configurator.get_output_dir()
 
         if output_dir is not None:
+            subprocess.run(["mkdir", "-p", output_dir])  # Create output directory
             self._metrics_logger = Logger(
-                __name__, output_dir + "adaptivity-metrics.csv", rank, csv_logger=True
+                __name__, output_dir + "/adaptivity-metrics.csv", rank, csv_logger=True
             )
         else:
             self._metrics_logger = Logger(
diff --git a/micro_manager/config.py b/micro_manager/config.py
index deb0729..1b31bdc 100644
--- a/micro_manager/config.py
+++ b/micro_manager/config.py
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ def create_single_sim_object(self):
         """
         return self._initialize_once
 
-    def get_output_dir_name(self):
+    def get_output_dir(self):
         """
         Get the name of the output directory.