diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 4edd7b1a2..f757a861d 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 [run]
+
 relative_files = True
+omit=*/test/histogram_2d/src/*
diff --git a/metplotpy/plots/wind_rose/wind_rose.py b/metplotpy/plots/wind_rose/wind_rose.py
index 35317feb7..fea5d5689 100644
--- a/metplotpy/plots/wind_rose/wind_rose.py
+++ b/metplotpy/plots/wind_rose/wind_rose.py
@@ -252,9 +252,19 @@ def _create_traces(self):
         number_of_records = len(wind_speed_dir)
         speed_bins = []
 
-        # add me max wind speed as the last breaks
+        # If the last break is > max wind speed, omit the last break and
+        # use the Mean error (me) max wind speed as the last breaks value.
         breaks = self.config_obj.wind_rose_breaks.copy()
-        breaks.append(max(wind_speed))
+        last_break_idx = len(breaks) - 1
+
+        if max(wind_speed) > breaks[last_break_idx]:
+            # append the max wind speed to the list of break values
+            breaks.append(max(wind_speed))
+        else:
+            # replace the last break value with the max windspeed
+            breaks = breaks[:-1]
+            breaks.append(max(wind_speed))
+
 
         # loop selecting given bins and calculate frequencies
         for i in range(len(breaks) - 1):
@@ -370,6 +380,7 @@ def write_output_file(self) -> None:
                     filename = path[-1]
                 else:
                     filename = '.' + os.path.sep
+                os.makedirs(self.config_obj.points_path, exist_ok=True)
                 filename = self.config_obj.points_path + os.path.sep + filename
 
             # save points