diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 294fa94..a25d951 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.viaversion</groupId>
     <artifactId>nbt</artifactId>
-    <version>4.4.4</version>
+    <version>4.4.5</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>ViaNBT</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/steveice10/opennbt/tag/io/TagWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/github/steveice10/opennbt/tag/io/TagWriter.java
index a3a8ab6..71cafc1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/steveice10/opennbt/tag/io/TagWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/steveice10/opennbt/tag/io/TagWriter.java
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ public final class TagWriter {
      */
     public void write(final Path path, final Tag tag, final boolean compressed) throws IOException {
         if (!Files.exists(path)) {
-            Files.createDirectories(path.getParent());
+            if (path.getParent() != null) {
+                Files.createDirectories(path.getParent());
+            }
             Files.createFile(path);
         }