diff --git a/src/complex/Utilities/Parsing/HDF5/Writers/FileWriter.cpp b/src/complex/Utilities/Parsing/HDF5/Writers/FileWriter.cpp
index 7b13afdf3b..7b4f89e945 100644
--- a/src/complex/Utilities/Parsing/HDF5/Writers/FileWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/complex/Utilities/Parsing/HDF5/Writers/FileWriter.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Result<FileWriter> FileWriter::CreateFile(const std::filesystem::path& filepath)
   auto parentPath = filepath.parent_path();
   try
   {
-    if(!std::filesystem::exists(parentPath))
+    if(!parentPath.empty() && !std::filesystem::exists(parentPath))
     {
       if(!std::filesystem::create_directories(parentPath))
       {