diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dbd5760..9244cde 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ test:2.7:
   image: "python:2.7"
   stage: "test"
   script:
-    - python -m flatisfy init-config | jq '.constraints.default.house_types = ["APART"] | .constraints.default.type = "RENT" | .constraints.default.postal_codes = ["75014"]' >! /tmp/config.json
+    - python -m flatisfy init-config | jq '.constraints.default.house_types = ["APART"] | .constraints.default.type = "RENT" | .constraints.default.postal_codes = ["75014"]' > /tmp/config.json
     - python -m flatisfy test --config /tmp/config.json
 test:3:
   image: "python:3"
   stage: "test"
   script:
-    - python -m flatisfy init-config | jq '.constraints.default.house_types = ["APART"] | .constraints.default.type = "RENT" | .constraints.default.postal_codes = ["75014"]' >! /tmp/config.json
+    - python -m flatisfy init-config | jq '.constraints.default.house_types = ["APART"] | .constraints.default.type = "RENT" | .constraints.default.postal_codes = ["75014"]' > /tmp/config.json
     - python -m flatisfy test --config /tmp/config.json
diff --git a/flatisfy/config.py b/flatisfy/config.py
index 79cc19d..19c82c0 100644
--- a/flatisfy/config.py
+++ b/flatisfy/config.py
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ def load_config(args=None, check_with_data=True):
     if not os.path.isdir(config_data["data_directory"]):
         LOGGER.info("Creating data directory according to config: %s",
                     config_data["data_directory"])
-        os.mkdir(config_data["data_directory"])
+        os.makedirs(config_data["data_directory"])
 
     if config_data["database"] is None:
         config_data["database"] = "sqlite:///" + os.path.join(