diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_anatomy/imageio.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_anatomy/imageio.json
index ff16c22663..fcebc876f5 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_anatomy/imageio.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_anatomy/imageio.json
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@
                         {
                             "name": "colorspace",
                             "value": "linear"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "name": "create_directories",
+                            "value": "True"
                         }
                     ]
                 },
@@ -114,6 +118,10 @@
                         {
                             "name": "colorspace",
                             "value": "linear"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "name": "create_directories",
+                            "value": "True"
                         }
                     ]
                 }
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_anatomy_imageio.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_anatomy_imageio.json
index 3c589f9492..2b2eab8868 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_anatomy_imageio.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_anatomy_imageio.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     "key": "imageio",
     "label": "Color Management and Output Formats",
     "is_file": true,
-    "is_group": true,
     "children": [
         {
             "key": "hiero",
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@
                     "type": "dict",
                     "label": "Workfile",
                     "collapsible": false,
+                    "is_group": true,
                     "children": [
                         {
                             "type": "form",
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
                     "type": "dict",
                     "label": "Colorspace on Inputs by regex detection",
                     "collapsible": true,
+                    "is_group": true,
                     "children": [
                         {
                             "type": "list",
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@
                     "type": "dict",
                     "label": "Viewer",
                     "collapsible": false,
+                    "is_group": true,
                     "children": [
                         {
                             "type": "text",
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@
                     "type": "dict",
                     "label": "Workfile",
                     "collapsible": false,
+                    "is_group": true,
                     "children": [
                         {
                             "type": "form",
@@ -233,6 +236,7 @@
                     "type": "dict",
                     "label": "Nodes",
                     "collapsible": true,
+                    "is_group": true,
                     "children": [
                         {
                             "key": "requiredNodes",
@@ -335,6 +339,7 @@
                     "type": "dict",
                     "label": "Colorspace on Inputs by regex detection",
                     "collapsible": true,
+                    "is_group": true,
                     "children": [
                         {
                             "type": "list",