diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 8b418eb..7160e9a 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Changelog {
             lines.push(`${c.hash} ${c.message}`);
         });
         const changelogDir = path.parse(this.settings.changelogFilePath).dir;
-        if (!fs.existsSync(changelogDir)) {
+        if (changelogDir && !fs.existsSync(changelogDir)) {
             fs.mkdirSync(changelogDir);
         }
         fs.writeFileSync(this.settings.changelogFilePath, lines.join('\n'));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 965f6f1..9ca22b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-changelog",
-  "version": "1.2.1",
+  "version": "1.2.2",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Action to generate a changelog from a Git repository commit history.",
   "main": "lib/main.js",