diff --git a/script/local.py b/script/local.py
index a2321f7..8f9d444 100644
--- a/script/local.py
+++ b/script/local.py
@@ -186,7 +186,10 @@ def set_user_env(user, exp, path="/sls/X04SA/data/x04sa/ES3/expdata"):
     set_setting(DATA_ROOT_PREFERENCE, path)    
     set_data_path(path + "/" +user + "/" +exp)    
     #pixel.set_path(path, user + "/" +exp + "/images")
-    pixel.set_path("../../expdata/" + user  + "/" +exp, "/images")
+    pixel.set_path("../../expdata/" + user  + "/" +exp, "images")
+    if not os.path.exists(pixel.get_full_path()):
+        os.makedirs(pixel.get_full_path())    
+    
     
 def get_user_env():
     return (get_setting(USER_NAME_PREFERENCE), get_setting(USER_EXP_PREFERENCE), get_setting(DATA_ROOT_PREFERENCE))