diff --git a/backend/news_fetcher.py b/backend/news_fetcher.py
index 40fac76..37faf96 100644
--- a/backend/news_fetcher.py
+++ b/backend/news_fetcher.py
@@ -113,11 +113,17 @@ class NewsFetcher:
         """Save articles to JSON file"""
         timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
         filename = f"news_{timestamp}.json"
-        filepath = os.path.join(self.raw_news_dir, filename)
-        
+
+        # Normalize the path to avoid double backslashes
+        raw_news_dir = os.path.normpath(self.raw_news_dir)
+        filepath = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(raw_news_dir, filename))
+
+        # Ensure directory exists
+        os.makedirs(raw_news_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
         with open(filepath, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
             json.dump(articles, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
-        
+
         print(f"Saved {len(articles)} articles to {filepath}")
         return filepath