diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2eba467..0188159 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 *.pdf
 *.pdf_tex
+*.patch
diff --git a/scripts/convert-from-markdown-to-pdf.sh b/scripts/convert-from-markdown-to-pdf.sh
index 89b8024..230dea1 100644
--- a/scripts/convert-from-markdown-to-pdf.sh
+++ b/scripts/convert-from-markdown-to-pdf.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
 cd ..
 
+mkdir -p pdf
+
 cd latex
 
 for file in ../markdown/*.md; do
         filename=$(basename "$file" .md)
-        pandoc "$file" -o "../test/$filename.pdf" "--template=policymall.tex" "--pdf-engine=xelatex" "--pdf-engine-opt=-shell-escape"
+        pandoc "$file" -o "../pdf/$filename.pdf" "--template=policymall.tex" "--pdf-engine=xelatex" "--pdf-engine-opt=-shell-escape"
 done