diff --git a/packages/render-fidelity-tools/src/artifact-creator.ts b/packages/render-fidelity-tools/src/artifact-creator.ts
index e227cd2825..b78260616a 100644
--- a/packages/render-fidelity-tools/src/artifact-creator.ts
+++ b/packages/render-fidelity-tools/src/artifact-creator.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ export class ArtifactCreator {
     const {rootDirectory, outputDirectory, goldens} = this;
     const {name: scenarioName, exclude, dimensions} = scenario;
 
+    // skip if this renderer is excluded from this scenario
+    if(exclude != null && exclude.includes(renderer) ) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     console.log(
         `Start to compare ${renderer}'s golden with other renderers' goldens:`);
 
@@ -200,10 +205,16 @@ export class ArtifactCreator {
       const scenarioName = scenarioBase.name;
       const scenario = this[$configReader].scenarioConfig(scenarioName)!;
 
+      // skip if white lists exists and this scenario isn't in it
       if (scenarioWhitelist != null && !scenarioWhitelist.has(scenarioName)) {
         continue;
       }
 
+      // skip if this renderer is excluded from this scenario
+      if(scenario.exclude != null && scenario.exclude.includes(renderer) ) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       console.log(`\n🎨 Scenario: ${scenarioName}`);
 
       const scenarioOutputDirectory = join(outputDirectory, scenarioName);
@@ -241,6 +252,9 @@ export class ArtifactCreator {
         this.config,
         {scenarios: analyzedScenarios, errors: compareRenderersErrors});
 
+    // ensure directory exists, this can happen if all scenarios are ignored
+    await fs.mkdir(outputDirectory, {recursive: true});
+
     await fs.writeFile(
         join(outputDirectory, 'config.json'), JSON.stringify(finalConfig));