diff --git a/deploy/installer/LANDIS-II-V7 Base Wind 3.2-setup.exe b/deploy/installer/LANDIS-II-V7 Base Wind 3.2-setup.exe
index 88851eb..4e90bc8 100644
Binary files a/deploy/installer/LANDIS-II-V7 Base Wind 3.2-setup.exe and b/deploy/installer/LANDIS-II-V7 Base Wind 3.2-setup.exe differ
diff --git a/src/MetadataHandler.cs b/src/MetadataHandler.cs
index c00889f..770022f 100644
--- a/src/MetadataHandler.cs
+++ b/src/MetadataHandler.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using Landis.Library.Metadata;
 using Landis.Utilities;
 using Landis.Core;
+using System.IO;
 
 namespace Landis.Extension.BaseWind
 {
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ public static void InitializeMetadata(int Timestep, string MapFileName, string s
             //          table outputs:   
             //---------------------------------------
 
+            CreateDirectory(eventLogFileName);
+            CreateDirectory(summaryLogFileName);
+
             PlugIn.eventLog = new MetadataTable<EventsLog>(eventLogFileName);
             PlugIn.summaryLog = new MetadataTable<SummaryLog>(summaryLogFileName);
 
@@ -76,9 +80,24 @@ public static void InitializeMetadata(int Timestep, string MapFileName, string s
             MetadataProvider mp = new MetadataProvider(Extension);
             mp.WriteMetadataToXMLFile("Metadata", Extension.Name, Extension.Name);
 
+        }
 
+        public static void CreateDirectory(string path)
+        {
+            //Require.ArgumentNotNull(path);
+            path = path.Trim(null);
+            if (path.Length == 0)
+                throw new ArgumentException("path is empty or just whitespace");
+            //throw new Exception(path);
+            string dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(dir))
+            {
+                Landis.Utilities.Directory.EnsureExists(dir);
+            }
 
-
+            //return new StreamWriter(path);
+            return;
         }
+
     }
 }