diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 812cc10..7d200ea 100755
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ checkConfig() {
   # SavedArks directory
   if [ -n "$arkserverroot" ]; then
     local savedarksdir="${arkserverroot}/ShooterGame/Saved/${ark_AltSaveDirectoryName:-SavedArks}"
+    mkdir -p "${savedarksdir}"
     if [ ! -w "${savedarksdir}" ]; then
       echo -e "[" "$RED" "ERROR" "$NORMAL" "]" "\tThe ARK SavedArks directory is not writable, and saveworld will fail"
     fi