diff --git a/src/dmr_sync.c b/src/dmr_sync.c
index f6fe30f..d8d6d50 100644
--- a/src/dmr_sync.c
+++ b/src/dmr_sync.c
@@ -2085,6 +2085,10 @@ void ProcessDmrTerminaisonLC(dsd_opts * opts, dsd_state * state, uint8_t info[19
   state->payload_keyid = 0;
   //state->payload_mfid  = 0;
   state->payload_mi    = 0;
+  state->payload_algidR = 0;
+  state->payload_keyidR = 0;
+  //state->payload_mfid  = 0;
+  state->payload_miR    = 0;
 
   //tlc
   if((IrrecoverableErrors == 0) && CRCCorrect) //amateur DMR seems to only set radio ID up here I think, figure out best way to set without messing up other DMR types
diff --git a/src/dsd_main.c b/src/dsd_main.c
index e54d5f7..0c07220 100644
--- a/src/dsd_main.c
+++ b/src/dsd_main.c
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ comp (const void *a, const void *b)
     return 1;
 }
 
+//struct for checking existence of directory to write to
+struct stat st = {0};
+
 void
 noCarrier (dsd_opts * opts, dsd_state * state)
 {
@@ -916,7 +919,13 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         case 'd':
           strncpy(opts.mbe_out_dir, optarg, 1023);
           opts.mbe_out_dir[1023] = '\0';
-          fprintf (stderr,"Writing mbe data files to directory %s\n", opts.mbe_out_dir);
+          if (stat(opts.mbe_out_dir, &st) == -1)
+          {
+            fprintf (stderr, "-d %s directory does not exist\n", opts.mbe_out_dir);
+            fprintf (stderr, "Creating directory %s to save MBE files\n", opts.mbe_out_dir);
+            mkdir(opts.mbe_out_dir, 0700); //user read write execute, needs execute for some reason or segfault
+          }
+          else fprintf (stderr,"Writing mbe data files to directory %s\n", opts.mbe_out_dir);
           break;
         case 'c':
           opts.rtlsdr_center_freq = (uint32_t)atofs(optarg);