diff --git a/archiver/archive.py b/archiver/archive.py
index 5da9325f..c795b316 100755
--- a/archiver/archive.py
+++ b/archiver/archive.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 
 from datetime import datetime
+from subprocess import run
 
 from parse import parse_links
 from links import validate_links
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ from util import (
     progress,
     cleanup_archive,
     pretty_path,
+    migrate_data,
 )
 
 __AUTHOR__ = 'Nick Sweeting <git@nicksweeting.com>'
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         print_help()
         raise SystemExit(0)
 
+    migrate_data()
+
     source = sys.argv[1] if argc > 1 else None  # path of links file to import
     resume = sys.argv[2] if argc > 2 else None  # timestamp to resume dowloading from
    
diff --git a/archiver/util.py b/archiver/util.py
index 793bbcc7..315daddc 100644
--- a/archiver/util.py
+++ b/archiver/util.py
@@ -360,6 +360,14 @@ def fix_folder_path(archive_path, link_folder, link):
             run(['rm', '-R', source])
 
 
+def migrate_data():
+    # migrate old folder to new OUTPUT folder
+    old_dir = os.path.join(REPO_DIR, 'html')
+    if os.path.exists(old_dir):
+        print('[!] WARNING: Moved old output folder "html" to new location: {}'.format(OUTPUT_DIR))
+        run(['mv', old_dir, OUTPUT_DIR], timeout=10)
+
+
 def cleanup_archive(archive_path, links):
     """move any incorrectly named folders to their canonical locations"""