diff --git a/mlflow_export_import/client/http_client.py b/mlflow_export_import/client/http_client.py
index 475bb29d..5c0c7119 100644
--- a/mlflow_export_import/client/http_client.py
+++ b/mlflow_export_import/client/http_client.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from abc import abstractmethod, ABCMeta
-import os
 import json
 import requests
+from urllib.parse import urljoin
 import click
 from mlflow_export_import.common import MlflowExportImportException
 from . import USER_AGENT
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def __init__(self, api_name, host=None, token=None):
                 http_status_code=401
             )
         self.host = host
-        self.api_uri = os.path.join(host, api_name)
+        self.api_uri = urljoin(host, api_name)
         self.token = token
 
 
diff --git a/mlflow_export_import/common/logging_utils.py b/mlflow_export_import/common/logging_utils.py
index b656d870..2a6768bb 100644
--- a/mlflow_export_import/common/logging_utils.py
+++ b/mlflow_export_import/common/logging_utils.py
@@ -55,4 +55,6 @@ def _create_default_log_config(output_path=None, log_format=None):
         handlers = cfg["root"]["handlers"]
         handlers.remove("file")
 
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(cfg["handlers"]["file"]["filename"]), exist_ok=True)
+
     return cfg