diff --git a/daft/table/table_io.py b/daft/table/table_io.py
index 8ff1fc6c2d..0af3518c3a 100644
--- a/daft/table/table_io.py
+++ b/daft/table/table_io.py
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@
 )
 from daft.datatype import DataType
 from daft.expressions import ExpressionsProjection
-from daft.filesystem import _resolve_paths_and_filesystem
+from daft.filesystem import (
+    _resolve_paths_and_filesystem,
+    canonicalize_protocol,
+    get_protocol_from_path,
+)
 from daft.logical.schema import Schema
 from daft.runners.partitioning import (
     TableParseCSVOptions,
@@ -359,6 +363,16 @@ def write_tabular(
     from daft.utils import ARROW_VERSION
 
     [resolved_path], fs = _resolve_paths_and_filesystem(path, io_config=io_config)
+    if isinstance(path, pathlib.Path):
+        path_str = str(path)
+    else:
+        path_str = path
+
+    protocol = get_protocol_from_path(path_str)
+    canonicalized_protocol = canonicalize_protocol(protocol)
+
+    is_local_fs = canonicalized_protocol == "file"
+    print("is_local:", is_local_fs)
 
     tables_to_write: list[MicroPartition]
     part_keys_postfix_per_table: list[str | None]
@@ -413,9 +427,6 @@ def write_tabular(
         if pf is not None and len(pf) > 0:
             full_path = f"{full_path}/{pf}"
 
-        # TODO: For overwriting behavior, check here if dir exists to determine to delete files
-        # fs.create_dir(full_path)
-
         arrow_table = tab.to_arrow()
 
         size_bytes = arrow_table.nbytes
@@ -439,6 +450,9 @@ def file_visitor(written_file, i=i):
             kwargs["min_rows_per_group"] = rows_per_row_group
             kwargs["max_rows_per_group"] = rows_per_row_group
 
+        if ARROW_VERSION >= (8, 0, 0) and not is_local_fs:
+            kwargs["create_dir"] = False
+
         pads.write_dataset(
             arrow_table,
             base_dir=full_path,