diff --git a/httprunner/api.py b/httprunner/api.py
index 05ba66b2..cbb7fc0f 100644
--- a/httprunner/api.py
+++ b/httprunner/api.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ class HttpRunner(object):
         parsed_testcases = parser.parse_tests(tests_mapping)
         parse_failed_testfiles = parser.get_parse_failed_testfiles()
         if parse_failed_testfiles:
-            logger.log_warning("There are some test files that can not be parsed ...")
+            logger.log_warning("parse failures occurred ...")
             utils.dump_logs(parse_failed_testfiles, project_mapping, "parse_failed")
 
         if self.save_tests:
diff --git a/httprunner/utils.py b/httprunner/utils.py
index 5124290d..67b972e8 100644
--- a/httprunner/utils.py
+++ b/httprunner/utils.py
@@ -571,6 +571,10 @@ def dump_json_file(json_data, json_file_abs_path):
             except TypeError:
                 return str(obj)
 
+    file_foder_path = os.path.dirname(json_file_abs_path)
+    if not os.path.isdir(file_foder_path):
+        os.makedirs(file_foder_path)
+
     try:
         with io.open(json_file_abs_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as outfile:
             if is_py2:
@@ -627,9 +631,6 @@ def prepare_dump_json_file_abs_path(project_mapping, tag_name):
         test_file_name, _file_suffix = os.path.splitext(test_file)
         dump_file_name = "{}.{}.json".format(test_file_name, tag_name)
 
-    if not os.path.isdir(file_foder_path):
-        os.makedirs(file_foder_path)
-
     dumped_json_file_abs_path = os.path.join(file_foder_path, dump_file_name)
     return dumped_json_file_abs_path