diff --git a/src/agent/api/mod.rs b/src/agent/api/mod.rs
index fac187c..951557b 100644
--- a/src/agent/api/mod.rs
+++ b/src/agent/api/mod.rs
@@ -259,9 +259,10 @@ pub(crate) async fn send_and_check(
         if let Some(json) = request_json {
             let log_dir = dirs::home_dir()
                 .unwrap_or_default()
-                .join(".consciousness/logs");
+                .join(".consciousness/logs/failed-requests");
+            let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(&log_dir);
             let ts = chrono::Local::now().format("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S");
-            let path = log_dir.join(format!("failed-request-{}.json", ts));
+            let path = log_dir.join(format!("{}.json", ts));
             if std::fs::write(&path, json).is_ok() {
                 let _ = ui_tx.send(UiMessage::Debug(format!(
                     "saved failed request to {} (HTTP {})", path.display(), status
@@ -323,9 +324,10 @@ impl SseReader {
         let Some(ref json) = self.request_json else { return };
         let log_dir = dirs::home_dir()
             .unwrap_or_default()
-            .join(".consciousness/logs");
+            .join(".consciousness/logs/failed-requests");
+        let _ = std::fs::create_dir_all(&log_dir);
         let ts = chrono::Local::now().format("%Y%m%dT%H%M%S");
-        let path = log_dir.join(format!("failed-request-{}.json", ts));
+        let path = log_dir.join(format!("{}.json", ts));
         if std::fs::write(&path, json).is_ok() {
             let _ = self.ui_tx.send(UiMessage::Debug(format!(
                 "saved failed request to {} ({})", path.display(), reason