diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3599bd9..9a16fd3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.0.4] - 2023-02-07
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Don't add extra trailing slash if already present in `fromRegisty` or `toRegistry`
+- Clarify error message with label defined with both `--label` and `--labels`
+- Create parent directory for tar-image if not existing
+- Trim whitespace around labels and env-variables
+
 ## [1.0.3] - 2022-02-06
 
 ### Improvement
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8da7acd..5d7da8c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "doqr",
-	"version": "1.0.3",
+	"version": "1.0.4",
 	"description": "Build node.js docker images without docker",
 	"main": "./lib/cli.js",
 	"scripts": {
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 1f631e6..55a3f03 100755
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ function setKeyValue(target: Record<string, string>, keyValue: string) {
 
 const cliLabels = {} as Record<string, string>;
 program.on("option:label", (ops: string) => {
-	setKeyValue(cliLabels, ops);
+	setKeyValue(cliLabels, ops.trim());
 });
 
 const cliEnv = {} as Record<string, string>;
 program.on("option:env", (ops: string) => {
-	setKeyValue(cliEnv, ops);
+	setKeyValue(cliEnv, ops.trim());
 });
 
 const cliOptions = Object.entries(possibleArgs)
@@ -97,17 +97,17 @@ Object.keys(configFromFile).forEach((k) => {
 });
 
 const labelsOpt: Record<string, string> = {};
-cliOptions.labels?.split(",")?.forEach((x: string) => setKeyValue(labelsOpt, x));
+cliOptions.labels?.split(",")?.forEach((x: string) => setKeyValue(labelsOpt, x.trim()));
 Object.keys(labelsOpt)
 	.filter((l) => Object.keys(cliLabels).includes(l))
 	.forEach((l) => {
-		exitWithErrorIf(true, `Label ${l} specified both with --label and --label`);
+		exitWithErrorIf(true, `Label ${l} specified both with --labels and --label`);
 	});
 
 const labels = { ...configFromFile.labels, ...labelsOpt, ...cliLabels }; //Let cli arguments override file
 
 const envOpt: Record<string, string> = {};
-cliOptions.envs?.split(",")?.forEach((x: string) => setKeyValue(envOpt, x));
+cliOptions.envs?.split(",")?.forEach((x: string) => setKeyValue(envOpt, x.trim()));
 Object.keys(envOpt)
 	.filter((l) => Object.keys(cliEnv).includes(l))
 	.forEach((l) => {
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ exitWithErrorIf(
 	"A token must be given when uploading to docker hub",
 );
 
-if (options.toRegistry && options.toRegistry.substring(-1) != "/") options.toRegistry += "/";
-if (options.fromRegistry && options.fromRegistry.substring(-1) != "/") options.fromRegistry += "/";
+if (options.toRegistry && !options.toRegistry.endsWith("/")) options.toRegistry += "/";
+if (options.fromRegistry && !options.fromRegistry.endsWith("/")) options.fromRegistry += "/";
 
 if (!options.fromRegistry && !options.fromImage?.split(":")?.[0]?.includes("/")) {
 	options.fromImage = "library/" + options.fromImage;
diff --git a/src/tarExporter.ts b/src/tarExporter.ts
index 3aa86c9..7dc0aa8 100644
--- a/src/tarExporter.ts
+++ b/src/tarExporter.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ const tarDefaultConfig = {
 async function saveToTar(fromdir: string, tmpdir: string, toPath: string, repoTags: string[], options: Options) {
 	logger.info("Creating " + toPath + " ...");
 
+	const targetFolder = path.dirname(toPath);
+	await fs.access(targetFolder).catch(async () => await fs.mkdir(targetFolder, {recursive: true}));
+
 	const manifestFile = path.join(fromdir, "manifest.json");
 	const manifest = (await fse.readJson(manifestFile)) as Manifest;
 	const configFile = path.join(fromdir, manifest.config.digest.split(":")[1] + ".json");