diff --git a/src/archive.cpp b/src/archive.cpp
index d73ae51..2d0efbe 100644
--- a/src/archive.cpp
+++ b/src/archive.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+
 namespace logger = spdlog;
 
 #include <archive.h>
@@ -126,6 +127,22 @@ ArchiveSpec Archive::check() {
   return archive_spec;
 }
 
-void Archive::extract(ExtractSpec extract_spec) {}
+static void _extract_make_dir(ExtractSpec extract_spec,
+                              archive* archive) {
+  if (extract_spec.make_dir) {
+    try {
+      logger::trace("Creating directory {}", extract_spec.dirname.string());
+      std::filesystem::create_directories(extract_spec.dirname);
+    } catch (std::filesystem::filesystem_error& err) {
+      throw ArchiveException{err.what(), archive};
+    } catch (std::bad_alloc& err) {
+      throw ArchiveException{err.what(), archive};
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void Archive::extract(ExtractSpec extract_spec) {
+  _extract_make_dir(extract_spec, this->xwim_archive);
+}
 
 }  // namespace xwim
diff --git a/src/archive.hpp b/src/archive.hpp
index 7aba918..cb603bb 100644
--- a/src/archive.hpp
+++ b/src/archive.hpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Archive {
   ~Archive();
 
   ArchiveSpec check();
-  void extract(ExtractSpec normalize_spec);
+  void extract(ExtractSpec extract_spec);
 };
 
 class ArchiveException : public std::exception {
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 2df2280..bcf5bc9 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
       extract_spec.extract_subarchive = true;
     }
 
+    logger::info("{}", extract_spec);
+
     archive.extract(extract_spec);
 
   } catch (xwim::ArchiveException& ae) {
diff --git a/src/spec.hpp b/src/spec.hpp
index b6fd8ba..c0bf840 100644
--- a/src/spec.hpp
+++ b/src/spec.hpp
@@ -47,13 +47,12 @@ struct fmt::formatter<xwim::ExtractSpec> {
 
   template <typename FormatContext>
   auto format(const xwim::ExtractSpec& spec, FormatContext& ctx) {
-    return format_to(ctx.out(),
-                     "ExtractSpec["
+    return format_to(ctx.out(), "Extract["
                      " .make_dir={},"
                      " .dirname={}"
                      " .extract_subarchive={}"
                      " ]",
-                     spec.make_dir, spec.dirname, spec.extract_subarchive);
+                     spec.make_dir, spec.dirname.string(), spec.extract_subarchive);
   }
 };