diff --git a/src/MEArec/default_params/templates_params.yaml b/src/MEArec/default_params/templates_params.yaml
index 55a2842..e81a9fa 100644
--- a/src/MEArec/default_params/templates_params.yaml
+++ b/src/MEArec/default_params/templates_params.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ offset: 0 # plane offset (um) for MEA
 xlim: [10,80] # limits ( low high ) for neuron locations in the x-axis (depth)
 ylim: null # limits ( low high ) for neuron locations in the y-axis
 zlim: null # limits ( low high ) for neuron locations in the z-axis
-x_distr: 'uniform' # distribution of x locsations ('uniform' | 'beta')
+x_distr: 'uniform' # distribution of x locations ('uniform' | 'beta')
 beta_distr_params: [1.5, 5] # parameters for beta distribution of x locations (depth)
 min_amp: 30 # minimum amplitude for detection
 check_eap_shape: True # if True, EAPs with negative peaks smaller than positive peaks are discarded
diff --git a/src/MEArec/generators/recordinggenerator.py b/src/MEArec/generators/recordinggenerator.py
index 1d7305d..2a3880d 100644
--- a/src/MEArec/generators/recordinggenerator.py
+++ b/src/MEArec/generators/recordinggenerator.py
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ def generate_recordings(
                 self._is_tmp_folder_local = False
             else:
                 self.tmp_folder = Path(self.tmp_folder)
+                self.tmp_folder.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
                 self._is_tmp_folder_local = True
         else:
             self._is_tmp_folder_local = False
@@ -686,7 +687,7 @@ def generate_recordings(
             tmp_templates_rs = self.tmp_folder / (tmp_prefix + "templates_resample.raw")
             tmp_templates_jit = self.tmp_folder / (tmp_prefix + "templates_jitter.raw")
             self._to_remove_on_delete.extend(
-                [tmp_path_0, tmp_path_1, tmp_templates_pad, tmp_templates_rs, tmp_templates_jit]
+                [tmp_path_0, tmp_path_1, tmp_templates_pad, tmp_templates_jit]
             )
         else:
             recordings = np.zeros((n_samples, n_elec), dtype=dtype)
@@ -947,6 +948,9 @@ def generate_recordings(
                     pad_samples = [int((pp * fs.rescale("kHz")).magnitude) for pp in pad_len]
                     if verbose_1:
                         print("Elapsed resample time:", time.time() - t_rs)
+                    self._to_remove_on_delete.extend(
+                        [tmp_templates_rs]
+                    )
                 else:
                     templates_rs = templates_pad