diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kobylynskyi/graphql/codegen/model/UnableToCreateDirectoryException.java b/src/main/java/com/kobylynskyi/graphql/codegen/model/UnableToCreateDirectoryException.java
index cf5a10738..3b15995cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kobylynskyi/graphql/codegen/model/UnableToCreateDirectoryException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kobylynskyi/graphql/codegen/model/UnableToCreateDirectoryException.java
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
  */
 public class UnableToCreateDirectoryException extends RuntimeException {
 
-    public UnableToCreateDirectoryException(String directoryPath) {
-        super("Unable to create directory by path: " + directoryPath);
+    public UnableToCreateDirectoryException(String directoryPath, Exception e) {
+        super("Unable to create directory by path: " + directoryPath, e);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kobylynskyi/graphql/codegen/utils/Utils.java b/src/main/java/com/kobylynskyi/graphql/codegen/utils/Utils.java
index 608d54a7a..6bc7f200f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kobylynskyi/graphql/codegen/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kobylynskyi/graphql/codegen/utils/Utils.java
@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ public static void createDirIfAbsent(File dir) {
         if (dir.exists()) {
             return;
         }
-        boolean outputDirCreated = dir.mkdirs();
-        if (!outputDirCreated) {
-            throw new UnableToCreateDirectoryException(dir.getName());
+        try {
+            Files.createDirectories(dir.toPath());
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new UnableToCreateDirectoryException(dir.getName(), e);
         }
     }