diff --git a/src/MixPugTask.js b/src/MixPugTask.js
index 6940e4e..c97d1ee 100644
--- a/src/MixPugTask.js
+++ b/src/MixPugTask.js
@@ -165,14 +165,13 @@ class MixPugTask extends Task {
         let file = new File(src);
         let pathFromBase = this.relativePathFromSource(file.base(), this.excludePath);
         let baseDir = path.join(pathFromBase, this.dest);
+        let output = path.join(baseDir, file.nameWithoutExtension() + this.extension);
+        let asset = new File(output);
 
         if (!File.exists(baseDir)) {
-            new File(baseDir).makeDirectories();
+            asset.makeDirectories();
         }
 
-        let output = path.join(baseDir, file.nameWithoutExtension() + this.extension);
-        let asset = new File(output);
-
         return asset;
     }