diff --git a/menu_tools/rate_plots/plotter.py b/menu_tools/rate_plots/plotter.py
index 9ccfd30d..d9794105 100644
--- a/menu_tools/rate_plots/plotter.py
+++ b/menu_tools/rate_plots/plotter.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ def __init__(self, cfg, data, offline_pt: bool):
 
         ## Overwrite outdir
         self._outdir = os.path.join(
-            "outputs", self.cfg.version, "object_performance", "rates"
+            "outputs", self.cfg.version, "rate_plots"
+            #"outputs", self.cfg.version, "object_performance", "rates"
         )
 
     @property
diff --git a/menu_tools/rate_plots/tests/test_rate_plots_v29.py b/menu_tools/rate_plots/tests/test_rate_plots_v29.py
index bc6d920d..ede8e4a5 100644
--- a/menu_tools/rate_plots/tests/test_rate_plots_v29.py
+++ b/menu_tools/rate_plots/tests/test_rate_plots_v29.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 from unittest.mock import patch
 import re
 import sys
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
@@ -12,11 +14,11 @@
 from menu_tools.rate_plots import plotter
 
 
+
 testdata = [
     "HTRates",
 ]
 
-
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("test_name", testdata)
 def test_matching_plots_reproduced(test_name):
     # Prepare patching of the command line arguments for argparse
@@ -25,15 +27,31 @@ def test_matching_plots_reproduced(test_name):
         f"menu_tools/rate_plots/tests/reference_data/{test_name}.yaml",
     ]
 
+    # Record time before creating output 
+    time_stamp = datetime.now()
+
     # Run Plotting
     with patch.object(sys, "argv", testargs):
         plotter.main()
         pass
-
+    
     # Load result and assert correct outcome (Offline)
     for online_offline in ["Online", "Offline"]:
+    
+        output_path = Path(f"outputs/V29/rate_plots/V29_{online_offline}_{test_name}.json")
+        output_dir = "outputs/V29/rate_plots"
+        # Assert: Check whether output files were created 
+        assert output_path.exists(), f"Expected output {output_path} does not exist."
+        
+        # Assert: Check if file was put in correct directory
+        assert output_path.parent == Path(output_dir), f"Output file was not created in specified directory {output_dir}."
+
+        #Assert: Check whether new file was created or rather just existed before
+        file_creation_time = datetime.fromtimestamp(output_path.stat().st_mtime)
+        assert file_creation_time >= time_stamp, f"{output_path} already existed before plotter was called."
+
         with open(
-            f"outputs/rate_plots/V29_{online_offline}_{test_name}.json",
+            f"outputs/V29/rate_plots/V29_{online_offline}_{test_name}.json",
             "r",
         ) as f:
             test_result = json.load(f)
@@ -61,3 +79,5 @@ def test_matching_plots_reproduced(test_name):
                     raise e
             else:
                 assert val == test_result[key]
+
+