diff --git a/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/nodes/imager_prepare.py b/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/nodes/imager_prepare.py
index e1ed5c185d129360df63f6ea49c18e7861562514..5abce8b6e7c41a5f1973ec6936d5ae25349a92d3 100644
--- a/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/nodes/imager_prepare.py
+++ b/CEP/Pipeline/recipes/sip/nodes/imager_prepare.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class imager_prepare(LOFARnodeTCP):
             #******************************************************************
             # 1. Create the directories used in this recipe
             create_directory(processed_ms_dir)
+            create_directory(os.path.dirname(output_measurement_set))
 
             # time slice dir_to_remove: assure empty directory: Stale data
             # is problematic for dppp