diff --git a/cmd/mockery.go b/cmd/mockery.go
index 684ffb7b..2f638508 100644
--- a/cmd/mockery.go
+++ b/cmd/mockery.go
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func (r *RootApp) Run() error {
 			}
 			ifaceLog.Debug().Msg("config specifies to generate this interface")
 
-			outputter := pkg.NewOutputter(&r.Config, boilerplate, true)
+			outputter := pkg.NewOutputter(&r.Config, boilerplate, r.Config.DryRun)
 			if err := outputter.Generate(ifaceCtx, iface); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/outputter.go b/pkg/outputter.go
index d35653bc..e3f916fc 100644
--- a/pkg/outputter.go
+++ b/pkg/outputter.go
@@ -353,13 +353,19 @@ func (m *Outputter) Generate(ctx context.Context, iface *Interface) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
+		// Log where the file would be written to before checking whether to create the directories and files
 		outputPath := pathlib.NewPath(interfaceConfig.Dir).Join(interfaceConfig.FileName)
+		fileLog := log.With().Stringer(logging.LogKeyFile, outputPath).Logger()
+		fileLog.Info().Msg("writing to file")
+
+		if m.dryRun {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		if err := outputPath.Parent().MkdirAll(); err != nil {
 			return stackerr.NewStackErrf(err, "failed to mkdir parents of: %v", outputPath)
 		}
 
-		fileLog := log.With().Stringer(logging.LogKeyFile, outputPath).Logger()
-		fileLog.Info().Msg("writing to file")
 		file, err := outputPath.OpenFile(os.O_RDWR | os.O_CREATE | os.O_TRUNC)
 		if err != nil {
 			return stackerr.NewStackErrf(err, "failed to open output file for mock: %v", outputPath)
diff --git a/pkg/outputter_test.go b/pkg/outputter_test.go
index 5e21d821..27387d46 100644
--- a/pkg/outputter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/outputter_test.go
@@ -217,11 +217,17 @@ func TestOutputter_Generate(t *testing.T) {
 		name        string
 		packagePath string
 		fields      fields
-		wantErr     bool
+		dryRun      bool
 	}{
 		{
 			name:        "generate normal",
 			packagePath: "github.com/vektra/mockery/v2/pkg/fixtures/example_project",
+			dryRun:      false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "generate normal",
+			packagePath: "github.com/vektra/mockery/v2/pkg/fixtures/example_project",
+			dryRun:      true,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -237,7 +243,7 @@ func TestOutputter_Generate(t *testing.T) {
 			m := &Outputter{
 				boilerplate: tt.fields.boilerplate,
 				config:      tt.fields.config,
-				dryRun:      true,
+				dryRun:      tt.dryRun,
 			}
 			parser := NewParser([]string{})
 
@@ -265,7 +271,7 @@ packages:
 				t.Logf("checking if path exists: %v", mockPath)
 				exists, err := mockPath.Exists()
 				require.NoError(t, err)
-				assert.True(t, exists)
+				assert.Equal(t, !tt.dryRun, exists)
 			}
 		})
 	}