diff --git a/src/ssn/getPatch.ts b/src/ssn/getPatch.ts
index b74b41b..affb36a 100644
--- a/src/ssn/getPatch.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/getPatch.ts
@@ -85,12 +85,9 @@ export default async function getPatch({ product, from, to, sourceDirectory, tar
       const outputName = path.join(targetDir, file.name);
       const outputNameTemp = path.join(targetDir, `${file.name}.tmp`);
       await createDirRecursively(path.dirname(outputNameTemp));
-      const outputStream = fs.createWriteStream(outputNameTemp);
 
       //start installation
-      await launch(diskFilenames[file.diskNumberStart], file.offset, file.compressedSize, file.decryptionKeys, undefined, outputStream);
-
-      outputStream.close();
+      await launch(diskFilenames[file.diskNumberStart], file.offset, file.compressedSize, file.decryptionKeys, undefined, outputNameTemp);
 
       fs.rename(outputNameTemp, outputName, (renameError) => {
         if (renameError) {
@@ -108,12 +105,11 @@ export default async function getPatch({ product, from, to, sourceDirectory, tar
       const outputName = path.join(targetDir, file.name);
       const outputNameTemp = path.join(targetDir, `${file.name}.tmp`);
 
-      //create file write stream
+      //create directory where file is
       await createDirRecursively(path.dirname(outputNameTemp));
-      const outputStream = fs.createWriteStream(outputNameTemp);
 
       //start installation
-      await launch(diskFilenames[file.diskNumberStart], file.offset, file.compressedSize, file.decryptionKeys, sourceFile, outputStream);
+      await launch(diskFilenames[file.diskNumberStart], file.offset, file.compressedSize, file.decryptionKeys, sourceFile, outputNameTemp);
 
       //clean up: delete source file if necessary, and remove .tmp file extension
       if (sourceDir === targetDir) {
diff --git a/src/ssn/installation/launch.ts b/src/ssn/installation/launch.ts
index 35e764d..53ae875 100644
--- a/src/ssn/installation/launch.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/installation/launch.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default function launchProcess(
   compressedSize: number,
   decryptionKeys: [number, number, number] | undefined,
   previousFile: string | undefined,
-  outputStream: fs.WriteStream,
+  output: string | fs.WriteStream,
 ) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const parameters = [
@@ -24,11 +24,18 @@ export default function launchProcess(
     if (previousFile !== undefined) {
       parameters.push('--previous', previousFile);
     }
+    if (typeof output === 'string') {
+      parameters.push('--target', output);
+    }
 
     const spawnedProcess = childProcess.spawn(processPath, parameters.map((value) => value.toString(), { cwd: '.' }));
 
-    spawnedProcess.stdout.pipe(outputStream);
-    spawnedProcess.stdout.on('end', resolve);
+    if (typeof output === 'string') {
+      //TODO: output stdout to console just in case for error logging
+    } else {
+      spawnedProcess.stdout.pipe(output);
+      spawnedProcess.stdout.on('end', resolve);
+    }
 
     spawnedProcess.stderr.setEncoding('utf8');
     spawnedProcess.stderr.on('data', (error) => {