diff --git a/spectrum/src/main.cpp b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
index 6acbe7fc98f1ecd8a10b0b20e020595b78a242e9..9a857f6c95f5fa395a2919410492db267e9ec5b2 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/main.cpp
+++ b/spectrum/src/main.cpp
@@ -245,20 +245,21 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	// create directories
 	try {
-		boost::filesystem::create_directories(
-			boost::filesystem::path(CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.pidfile")).parent_path().string()
-		);
+		boost::filesystem::create_directories(CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.working_dir"));
 	}
 	catch (...) {
-		std::cerr << "Can't create service.pidfile directory " << boost::filesystem::path(CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.pidfile")).parent_path().string() << ".\n";
+		std::cerr << "Can't create service.working_dir directory " << CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.working_dir") << ".\n";
 		return 1;
 	}
+#ifndef WIN32
 	// create directories
 	try {
-		boost::filesystem::create_directories(CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.working_dir"));
+		boost::filesystem::create_directories(
+			boost::filesystem::path(CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.pidfile")).parent_path().string()
+		);
 	}
 	catch (...) {
-		std::cerr << "Can't create service.working_dir directory " << CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.working_dir") << ".\n";
+		std::cerr << "Can't create service.pidfile directory " << boost::filesystem::path(CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.pidfile")).parent_path().string() << ".\n";
 		return 1;
 	}
 	// create directories
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		std::cerr << "Can't create service.portfile directory " << CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.portfile") << ".\n";
 		return 1;
 	}
+#endif
 
 #ifdef WIN32
 	SetCurrentDirectory( utf8ToUtf16(CONFIG_STRING(&config, "service.working_dir")).c_str() );