diff --git a/.vscode/processT4Templates.sh b/.vscode/processT4Templates.sh
index 8461ec8..f6339ff 100755
--- a/.vscode/processT4Templates.sh
+++ b/.vscode/processT4Templates.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 printf "Starting T4 processing...\n"
 
 cd project_name
+
+# create our output directory
+mkdir -p T4Templates/Output
+
 for file in `find ./T4Templates/** -name "*.tt"` ;
 do
     # Build the template