diff --git a/extract_scene.py b/extract_scene.py
index 71f6354d..3376cc77 100644
--- a/extract_scene.py
+++ b/extract_scene.py
@@ -101,9 +101,7 @@ def handle_scene(scene, **config):
    if config["save_image"]:
       if not config["write_all"]:
          scene.show_frame()
-      path = os.path.join(MOVIE_DIR, config["movie_prefix"], "images")
-      if not os.path.exists(path):
-         os.makedirs(path)
+      path = os.path.join(MOVIE_DIR, config["movie_prefix"])
       scene.save_image(path, name)
    if config["write"]:
       scene.write_to_movie(os.path.join(config["movie_prefix"], name))
diff --git a/scene/scene.py b/scene/scene.py
index 4a5fc818..49576741 100644
--- a/scene/scene.py
+++ b/scene/scene.py
@@ -243,8 +243,12 @@ class Scene(object):
         TkSceneRoot(self)
 
     def save_image(self, directory = MOVIE_DIR, name = None):
-        path = os.path.join(directory, name or str(self)) + ".png"
-        Image.fromarray(self.get_frame()).save(path)
+        path = os.path.join(directory, "images")
+        file_name = (name or str(self)) + ".png"
+        full_path = os.path.join(path, file_name)
+        if not os.path.exists(path):
+            os.makedirs(path)
+        Image.fromarray(self.get_frame()).save(full_path)
 
     # To list possible args that subclasses have
     # Elements should always be a tuple