diff --git a/framework/tools/hc-gen/src/macro_gen.cpp b/framework/tools/hc-gen/src/macro_gen.cpp
index 4ce4eeb4e94fa90c84f54be4da09d8d0ff5dabf0..57d3f1a993308f547b9b97796142c9c4c6bc7925 100644
--- a/framework/tools/hc-gen/src/macro_gen.cpp
+++ b/framework/tools/hc-gen/src/macro_gen.cpp
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ bool MacroGen::GenNodeForeach(int32_t depth, const std::shared_ptr<AstObject> &n
         }
         ofs_ << std::endl;
     }
-
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/framework/tools/hc-gen/src/startup_cfg_gen.cpp b/framework/tools/hc-gen/src/startup_cfg_gen.cpp
index bcb5d2f18e7893ba9981b06ca9c842ac304f2bd7..ab959c0f034f6b9d84ae72a6dd283f2f4e169930 100644
--- a/framework/tools/hc-gen/src/startup_cfg_gen.cpp
+++ b/framework/tools/hc-gen/src/startup_cfg_gen.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 #include "startup_cfg_gen.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <stdexcept>
 
 #include "ast.h"
 #include "file.h"
@@ -86,10 +89,23 @@ bool StartupCfgGen::Initialize()
     }
     outFileName = Util::File::StripSuffix(outFileName).append(".cfg");
     outFileName_ = Util::File::FileNameBase(outFileName);
+    std::filesystem::path p(outFileName);
+    try {
+        p = std::filesystem::canonical(p);
+    } catch (const std::filesystem::filesystem_error& e) {
+        Logger().Error() << "Failed to canonicalize path: " << e.what();
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!std::filesystem::exists(p.parent_path())) {
+        if (!std::filesystem::create_directories(p.parent_path())) {
+            Logger().Error() << "Failed to create parent directory for: " << p.string();
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
 
-    ofs_.open(outFileName, std::ofstream::out | std::ofstream::binary);
+    ofs_.open(p.string(), std::ofstream::out | std::ofstream::binary);
     if (!ofs_.is_open()) {
-        Logger().Error() << "failed to open output file: " << outFileName;
+        Logger().Error() << "failed to open output file: " << p.string();
         return false;
     }