diff --git a/cl-lxc b/cl-lxc
index 9aaa10f..db548eb 100755
--- a/cl-lxc
+++ b/cl-lxc
@@ -209,8 +209,17 @@ set_vars(){
 	if [ $path_def = "$path_work" ]
 	then
 		path_change=
+		if [ ! -d $path_work ]
+		then
+			mkdir -p $path_work
+		fi
 	else
 		path_change=$path_work
+		if [ ! -d $path_work ]
+		then
+			printf $"Directory '%s' is not found.\n" $path_work >&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
 	fi
 
 	type_fs=$(df -Th $path_work | awk 'NR==2 {print $2}')