diff --git a/nix/packages/by-name/easyscan/easyscan.sh b/nix/packages/by-name/easyscan/easyscan.sh
index 84d6996f..ee690de3 100644
--- a/nix/packages/by-name/easyscan/easyscan.sh
+++ b/nix/packages/by-name/easyscan/easyscan.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 OUTPUT_FILE="${1:-./scan_"$(date)".pdf}"
 
+if [ -e "$OUTPUT_FILE" ]; then
+	echo "$OUTPUT_FILE" already exists, you are probably making a mistake!
+	exit 1
+fi
+
 tempdir="$(mktemp -d)"
 counter=1
 
@@ -36,6 +41,7 @@ merged_filename="$tempdir/easyscan_final.pdf"
 pdfunite "$tempdir"/*.pdf "$merged_filename"
 
 # Copy scan to current directory
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "$OUTPUT_FILE")"
 cp "$merged_filename" "$OUTPUT_FILE"
 
 # Make sure I don't remove things other than pdf