diff --git a/player_games.py b/player_games.py
index 96cb292..b584a68 100644
--- a/player_games.py
+++ b/player_games.py
@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@ def playerArchives(username):
     url = f"https://api.chess.com/pub/player/{username}/games/archives"
     archive = requests.get(url, headers=headers).json()['archives']
 
-    file_path = os.getcwd()
-    file_name = os.path.join(file_path, username+'_archive.txt')
+    try:
+        cwd = os.getcwd()
+        path = os.path.join(cwd, 'archives')
+        os.makedirs(path)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+
+    file_name = os.path.join(path, username+'_archive.txt')
     with open(file_name, 'w') as f:
         json.dump(archive, f)
 
@@ -48,12 +54,6 @@ def playerMonthly(url=None):
 # Multithreaded games download
 def threddGames(username=None, archive=None):
 
-    try:
-        path  = os.getcwd()+'/archives'
-        os.makedirs(path)
-    except OSError:
-        pass
-
     if archive:
         with open(archive) as f:
             archive = json.load(f)