diff --git a/lib/sphinx/integration/helper_adapters/local.rb b/lib/sphinx/integration/helper_adapters/local.rb
index d7d7253..4978f86 100644
--- a/lib/sphinx/integration/helper_adapters/local.rb
+++ b/lib/sphinx/integration/helper_adapters/local.rb
@@ -39,10 +39,14 @@ def remove_binlog
         end
 
         def copy_config
-          # no-op
+          return if config.config_file == config.generated_config_file
+          FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(config.config_file))
+          FileUtils.cp(config.generated_config_file, config.config_file)
         end
 
         def index
+          FileUtils.mkdir_p(config.searchd_file_path)
+
           if rotate?
             indexer("--rotate", index_names)
           else