diff --git a/src/clew/clew.py b/src/clew/clew.py
index 5b35447..ac0ddd8 100644
--- a/src/clew/clew.py
+++ b/src/clew/clew.py
@@ -134,12 +134,7 @@ def run_renpy_object_dump(game_root: Path, script: Path, output: Path) -> None:
     subprocess.run(command, check=True)
 
 
-def dump_renpy_objects(output_root: Path, overwrite: bool) -> None:
-    extracted_root = output_root / "extracted"
-    if not extracted_root.is_dir():
-        LOG.critical("extracted output directory does not exist: %s", extracted_root)
-        raise SystemExit(2)
-
+def dump_renpy_objects(output_root: Path, extracted_root: Path, overwrite: bool) -> None:
     game_roots = find_game_roots(extracted_root)
     if not game_roots:
         LOG.warning("no Ren'Py game roots found under %s", extracted_root)
@@ -170,7 +165,7 @@ def run(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     extract_game_files(game_root, extracted)
 
     if not args.no_renpy_object_dump:
-        dump_renpy_objects(output_root, args.overwrite)
+        dump_renpy_objects(output_root, extracted, args.overwrite)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":