diff --git a/release_notes.md b/release_notes.md
index 7915796415..6518689d27 100644
--- a/release_notes.md
+++ b/release_notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ## next (unreleased)
 
+- [#781](https://github.com/Flank/flank/pull/781) Remove local exists check on cloud results-dir. Fixes crash when results-dir is set by the user. ([adamfilipow92](https://github.com/adamfilipow92)) 
 - [#656](https://github.com/Flank/flank/issues/656) Improve error message reporting. ([adamfilipow92](https://github.com/adamfilipow92))
 - [#783](https://github.com/Flank/flank/pull/783) Use legacy results for iOS by default. ([pawelpasterz](https://github.com/pawelpasterz))
 
diff --git a/test_runner/src/main/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgs.kt b/test_runner/src/main/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgs.kt
index 0c599bea18..485de4c3a0 100644
--- a/test_runner/src/main/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgs.kt
+++ b/test_runner/src/main/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgs.kt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class AndroidArgs(
 
     private val gcloud = gcloudYml.gcloud
     override val resultsBucket: String
-    override val resultsDir = (cli?.resultsDir ?: gcloud.resultsDir)?.also { assertFileExists(it, "from results-dir") }
+    override val resultsDir = (cli?.resultsDir ?: gcloud.resultsDir)
     override val recordVideo = cli?.recordVideo ?: cli?.noRecordVideo?.not() ?: gcloud.recordVideo
     override val testTimeout = cli?.timeout ?: gcloud.timeout
     override val async = cli?.async ?: gcloud.async
diff --git a/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/Debug.kt b/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/Debug.kt
index c0c8288396..6d12980a56 100644
--- a/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/Debug.kt
+++ b/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/Debug.kt
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ fun main() {
     // run "gradle check" to generate required fixtures
     val projectId = System.getenv("GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT")
         ?: "YOUR PROJECT ID"
-    val quantity = "multiple"
-    val type = "parse-error"
+    val quantity = "single"
+    val type = "success"
 
     // Bugsnag keeps the process alive so we must call exitProcess
     // https://github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-java/issues/151
diff --git a/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgsTest.kt b/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgsTest.kt
index 34a73e6bcd..17bd6c434e 100644
--- a/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgsTest.kt
+++ b/test_runner/src/test/kotlin/ftl/args/AndroidArgsTest.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import io.mockk.mockkObject
 import io.mockk.unmockkAll
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import org.junit.After
+import org.junit.Assert
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Assert.assertFalse
 import org.junit.Rule
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import picocli.CommandLine
 import java.io.StringReader
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.nio.file.Paths
+import java.util.UUID
 
 @Suppress("TooManyFunctions")
 @RunWith(FlankTestRunner::class)
@@ -969,16 +973,6 @@ AndroidArgs
         assertThat(AndroidArgs.load(yaml, cli).testTargetsAlwaysRun).isEqualTo(arrayListOf("com.A", "com.B"))
     }
 
-    @Test(expected = FlankFatalError::class)
-    fun `cli resultsDir fail if not exist`() {
-        val yaml = """
-        gcloud:
-          app: $appApk
-          test: $testApk
-          results-dir: not_exist
-      """
-        AndroidArgs.load(yaml)
-    }
     @Test
     fun `cli resultsDir`() {
         val cli = AndroidRunCommand()
@@ -1252,6 +1246,25 @@ AndroidArgs
         val parsedYml = AndroidArgs.load(yaml)
         runBlocking { runAndroidTests(parsedYml) }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `results-dir (cloud directory) should not throw if it doesn't exist locally`() {
+        val resultsDir = UUID.randomUUID().toString()
+        val directoryPath = Paths.get(resultsDir)
+        if (Files.exists(directoryPath)) {
+            Assert.fail("Test directory ($resultsDir) shouldn't exists! It's a remote directory.")
+        }
+        val yaml = """
+        gcloud:
+          app: $appApk
+          test: $testApk
+          results-dir: $resultsDir
+        """.trimIndent()
+        AndroidArgs.load(yaml)
+        if (Files.exists(directoryPath)) {
+            Assert.fail("Test directory ($resultsDir) shouldn't be created! It's a remote directory on the cloud!")
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 private fun AndroidArgs.Companion.load(yamlData: String, cli: AndroidRunCommand? = null): AndroidArgs = load(StringReader(yamlData), cli)