diff --git a/scripts/cycloid_design.py b/scripts/cycloid_design.py
index a8a1726..0612bb5 100644
--- a/scripts/cycloid_design.py
+++ b/scripts/cycloid_design.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # from shapely.ops import unary_union
 import imageio
 from datetime import datetime
+import os
 
 class CycloidGeometry:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -305,8 +306,11 @@ def __init__(self, cycloid):
         self.createTextFile()
 
     def createTextFile(self):
-        self._eqn_file = open(r"text/equations.txt", "w")
-        self._par_eqn_file = open(r"text/parametric_equations.txt", "w")
+        os.makedirs('./text', exist_ok=True)
+        self.eqn_file_path = os.path.join('./text', 'equations.txt')
+        self._eqn_file = open(self.eqn_file_path, "w")
+        self._par_eqn_file_path = os.path.join('./text', 'parametric_equations.txt')
+        self._par_eqn_file = open(self._par_eqn_file_path, "w")
 
     def writeParametricEquations(self):
         self.createParametricEqns()
@@ -373,4 +377,4 @@ def createParameterList(self):
     cycloid_sldwks.writeParameters()
     cycloid_sldwks.writeParametricEquations()
     
-    
\ No newline at end of file
+