diff --git a/run_first.py b/run_first.py
index bebfd19..ffbd9f4 100644
--- a/run_first.py
+++ b/run_first.py
@@ -7,8 +7,19 @@
 
 init_logging_config()
 
-PROCESSED_RESUMES_PATH = "Data/Processed/Resumes"
-PROCESSED_JOB_DESCRIPTIONS_PATH = "Data/Processed/JobDescription"
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+PROCESSED_DATA_PATH = os.path.join(script_dir, "Data", "Processed")
+PROCESSED_RESUMES_PATH = os.path.join(PROCESSED_DATA_PATH, "Resumes")
+PROCESSED_JOB_DESCRIPTIONS_PATH = os.path.join(
+    PROCESSED_DATA_PATH, "JobDescription"
+)
+
+# check if processed data directory exists
+if not os.path.exists(PROCESSED_DATA_PATH):
+    os.makedirs(PROCESSED_DATA_PATH)
+    os.makedirs(PROCESSED_RESUMES_PATH)
+    os.makedirs(PROCESSED_JOB_DESCRIPTIONS_PATH)
+    logging.info("Created necessary directories.")
 
 
 def read_json(filename):
@@ -39,11 +50,13 @@ def remove_old_files(files_path):
 
     file_names = get_filenames_from_dir("Data/Resumes")
     logging.info("Reading from Data/Resumes is now complete.")
-except:
+except Exception:
     # Exit the program if there are no resumes.
     logging.error("There are no resumes present in the specified folder.")
     logging.error("Exiting from the program.")
-    logging.error("Please add resumes in the Data/Resumes folder and try again.")
+    logging.error(
+        "Please add resumes in the Data/Resumes folder and try again."
+    )
     exit(1)
 
 # Now after getting the file_names parse the resumes into a JSON Format.
@@ -61,11 +74,15 @@ def remove_old_files(files_path):
 
     file_names = get_filenames_from_dir("Data/JobDescription")
     logging.info("Reading from Data/JobDescription is now complete.")
-except:
+except Exception:
     # Exit the program if there are no resumes.
-    logging.error("There are no job-description present in the specified folder.")
+    logging.error(
+        "There are no job-description present in the specified folder."
+    )
     logging.error("Exiting from the program.")
-    logging.error("Please add resumes in the Data/JobDescription folder and try again.")
+    logging.error(
+        "Please add resumes in the Data/JobDescription folder and try again."
+    )
     exit(1)
 
 # Now after getting the file_names parse the resumes into a JSON Format.