diff --git a/hpvm/projects/keras/keras_frontend/approxhpvm_translator.py b/hpvm/projects/keras/keras_frontend/approxhpvm_translator.py
index 48f469f2261d3a946b03760f600804b9b661316f..a9e17a4eb8dd62c66d1519672490ecf100e8a5b7 100644
--- a/hpvm/projects/keras/keras_frontend/approxhpvm_translator.py
+++ b/hpvm/projects/keras/keras_frontend/approxhpvm_translator.py
@@ -1083,6 +1083,10 @@ def getUniquePath(weights_dir):
 
 def createRecursiveDir(target_dir):
 
+  if os.path.exists(target_dir):
+    print ("Directory = ", target_dir, " exists. Aborting....")
+    sys.exit(1)
+  
   toks = target_dir.split("/")
   for i in range(len(toks)):
     path_str = "/".join(toks[0:i+1])
@@ -1103,11 +1107,11 @@ def translate_to_approxhpvm(model,
   reload_weights = enable_weights_reload   # If set to True, does not dump any weight/input/label files
 
   if not reload_weights:
-    weights_dir = getUniquePath(weights_dir)
+    #weights_dir = getUniquePath(weights_dir)
     createRecursiveDir(weights_dir)
     
 
-  src_dir = getUniquePath(src_dir)
+  #src_dir = getUniquePath(src_dir)
   createRecursiveDir(src_dir)
     
   dfg = DFG()