diff --git a/src/save.c b/src/save.c
index 3d40eec..fd2fd06 100644
--- a/src/save.c
+++ b/src/save.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int save_all(void) {
   xmlw_endElem(writer); /* lephisto_save. */
   xmlw_done(writer);
 
-  if(lfile_dirMakeExist("saves") < 0) {
+  if(lfile_dirMakeExist("%ssaves", lfile_basePath()) < 0) {
     WARN("Aborting save...");
     xmlFreeTextWriter(writer);
     xmlFreeDoc(doc);