diff --git a/src/super_gradients/common/environment/checkpoints_dir_utils.py b/src/super_gradients/common/environment/checkpoints_dir_utils.py
index 5a136bdd37..00beb53149 100644
--- a/src/super_gradients/common/environment/checkpoints_dir_utils.py
+++ b/src/super_gradients/common/environment/checkpoints_dir_utils.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def get_checkpoints_dir_path(experiment_name: str, ckpt_root_dir: Optional[str]
     """
     experiment_dir = get_experiment_dir_path(checkpoints_root_dir=ckpt_root_dir, experiment_name=experiment_name)
     checkpoint_dir = experiment_dir if run_id is None else os.path.join(experiment_dir, run_id)
+    os.makedirs(checkpoint_dir, exist_ok=True)
     return checkpoint_dir
 
 
diff --git a/src/super_gradients/common/sg_loggers/base_sg_logger.py b/src/super_gradients/common/sg_loggers/base_sg_logger.py
index f38c7c1812..0ba5f47788 100644
--- a/src/super_gradients/common/sg_loggers/base_sg_logger.py
+++ b/src/super_gradients/common/sg_loggers/base_sg_logger.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def _setup_dir(self):
             # Only if it exists, i.e. if hydra was used.
             if os.path.exists(source_hydra_path):
                 destination_hydra_path = os.path.join(self._local_dir, ".hydra")
-                shutil.copytree(source_hydra_path, destination_hydra_path)
+                shutil.copytree(source_hydra_path, destination_hydra_path, dirs_exist_ok=True)
 
     @multi_process_safe
     def _init_log_file(self):