diff --git a/src/Commands/GenerateCollectionSchema.php b/src/Commands/GenerateCollectionSchema.php
index bf8a845..9849fdc 100644
--- a/src/Commands/GenerateCollectionSchema.php
+++ b/src/Commands/GenerateCollectionSchema.php
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ class GenerateCollectionSchema extends Command
 
         $json = json_encode($schema, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
         $configDir = base_path(config('lucent.schemas_path'));
+
+        if(!file_exists($configDir)) {
+            $this->error("Your config directory \"$configDir\"  doesn't exist. Create it first and run again");
+            return;
+        }
+
         $schemaPath = $configDir . "/" . $name . '.json';
 
         if(file_exists($schemaPath)){
diff --git a/src/Commands/GenerateFileSchema.php b/src/Commands/GenerateFileSchema.php
index 56673af..d452ade 100644
--- a/src/Commands/GenerateFileSchema.php
+++ b/src/Commands/GenerateFileSchema.php
@@ -28,8 +28,15 @@ class GenerateFileSchema extends Command
 
         $json = json_encode($schema, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
         $configDir = base_path(config('lucent.schemas_path'));
+
+        if(!file_exists($configDir)) {
+            $this->error("Your config directory \"$configDir\"  doesn't exist. Create it first and run again");
+            return;
+        }
+
         $schemaPath = $configDir . "/" . $name . '.json';
 
+
         if (file_exists($schemaPath)) {
             $this->error("The schema file already exists.");
             return 0;