diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 06e2e6a3..22590496 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -727,5 +727,7 @@ def _reset_clean_baseline(request, live_gui) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
 def live_gui_workspace(live_gui) -> Path:
  """[SDM: tests/conftest.py:live_gui_workspace] [C: tests/test_rag_phase4_*.py, tests/test_saved_presets_sim.py, etc.]"""
  handle = live_gui
- return handle.workspace
+ workspace = handle.workspace
+ workspace.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ return workspace