diff --git a/build/test/Dockerfile b/build/test/Dockerfile
index cb9f1dd4..46d9bec7 100644
--- a/build/test/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/test/Dockerfile
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ COPY --from=0 /workspace/test.test .
 COPY build/test/entrypoint.sh .
 
 # create output directory
-RUN mkdir /workspace/test/output && chmod 777 /workspace/test/output
+RUN mkdir /workspace/test/output && chmod 4777 /workspace/test/output
 
 # run tests
 USER egress
diff --git a/pkg/config/output_file.go b/pkg/config/output_file.go
index 2805efb6..674764ed 100644
--- a/pkg/config/output_file.go
+++ b/pkg/config/output_file.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/livekit/egress/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/livekit/protocol/livekit"
-	"github.com/livekit/protocol/logger"
 )
 
 type FileConfig struct {
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@ func (o *FileConfig) updateFilepath(p *PipelineConfig, identifier string, replac
 	if o.UploadConfig == nil {
 		if dir != "" {
 			// create local directory
-			logger.Debugw(fmt.Sprintf("creating dir %s", dir))
 			if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -139,8 +137,7 @@ func (o *FileConfig) updateFilepath(p *PipelineConfig, identifier string, replac
 		tempDir := path.Join(p.LocalOutputDirectory, p.Info.EgressId)
 
 		// create temporary directory
-		logger.Debugw(fmt.Sprintf("creating tempDir %s", tempDir))
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(tempDir, 0755); err != nil {
+		if err := os.Mkdir(tempDir, 0755); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/service.go b/pkg/config/service.go
index a3c70da0..4009dee5 100644
--- a/pkg/config/service.go
+++ b/pkg/config/service.go
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ func NewServiceConfig(confString string) (*ServiceConfig, error) {
 	if conf.LocalOutputDirectory == "." {
 		conf.LocalOutputDirectory = os.TempDir()
 	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(conf.LocalOutputDirectory, 0755); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	if err := conf.initLogger("nodeID", conf.NodeID, "clusterID", conf.ClusterID); err != nil {
 		return nil, err