diff --git a/plugin/src/lib/config.ts b/plugin/src/lib/config.ts
index 3087b0c..587cd45 100644
--- a/plugin/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/plugin/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ import { PLUGIN_CONFIG_PATH, RUNNER_OUTPUT_PATH } from './index.js';
 async function createRunnerConfig(runnerScriptPath: string, options: ElixirAuditPluginOptions): Promise<RunnerConfig> {
 	const {path} = options;
 
-	await ensureDirectoryExists(dirname(PLUGIN_CONFIG_PATH));
 	await ensureDirectoryExists(dirname(RUNNER_OUTPUT_PATH));
+	await ensureDirectoryExists(dirname(PLUGIN_CONFIG_PATH));
+	await writeFile(RUNNER_OUTPUT_PATH, JSON.stringify({}));
   	await writeFile(PLUGIN_CONFIG_PATH, JSON.stringify(path));
-  	await writeFile(RUNNER_OUTPUT_PATH, JSON.stringify({}));
 
 	return {
 		command: `node`,