diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/axet/audiorecorder/activities/RecordingActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/github/axet/audiorecorder/activities/RecordingActivity.java
index 22060b6..04c4aa0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/axet/audiorecorder/activities/RecordingActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/axet/audiorecorder/activities/RecordingActivity.java
@@ -766,6 +766,8 @@ public class RecordingActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
         final File in = storage.getTempRecording();
         final File out = targetFile;
 
+        targetFile.getParentFile().mkdirs(); // in case if it were manually deleted
+
         EncoderInfo info = getInfo();
 
         Encoder e = null;