diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 73b944d..5c0489d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Directus } from '@directus/sdk'
 import yaml from 'js-yaml'
 import fs from 'fs'
 import Axios from 'axios'
+import path from 'path'
 
 export default class DirectusToMarkdown {
   constructor(config) {
@@ -25,12 +26,16 @@ export default class DirectusToMarkdown {
     const frontMatter = this._formatFrontMatter(item, deleteFields)
     const content = item[this.contentKey] ? item[this.contentKey].toString() : ''
     const itemContent = `${frontMatter}${content}\r\n`
-    const indexName = 'index' // TODO: index or _index ?
-    fs.writeFileSync(`${itemPath}/${indexName}.md`, itemContent)
+    const filePath = `${itemPath}/${item.path ? item.path : 'index.md'}`
+    const fileDirname = path.dirname(filePath)
+    if (!fs.existsSync(fileDirname)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(fileDirname, { recursive: true });
+    }
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, itemContent)
   }
 
-  async _writeFile(response, path) {
-    const writer = fs.createWriteStream(path)
+  async _writeFile(response, filePath) {
+    const writer = fs.createWriteStream(filePath)
 
     response.data.pipe(writer)