diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1f94071..b1e239a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ cpplint-result.txt
 prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg
 concordia/common/config.hpp
 tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg
+tests/resources/temp
 
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c7b5eee..5452892 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ set (TEMP_WORD_MAP "temp_word_map.bin")
 set (TEMP_HASHED_INDEX "temp_hashed_index.bin")
 set (TEMP_SUFFIX_ARRAY "temp_suffix_array.bin")
 
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${TEST_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY}/temp)
+
 
 SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")