diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4306843..a6891ab 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+- Option `-f` (`--folder`) is used when exporting text files using `-p` (`--playlist`) for playlists or `-b` (`--album`) for albums ([@Silverfeelin](https://github.com/Silverfeelin)) (#476)
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fix renaming files when encoder is not found ([@ritiek](https://github.com/ritiek)) (#475)
diff --git a/spotdl/spotify_tools.py b/spotdl/spotify_tools.py
index d26855d..2ba0396 100644
--- a/spotdl/spotify_tools.py
+++ b/spotdl/spotify_tools.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ from titlecase import titlecase
 from logzero import logger as log
 import pprint
 import sys
+import os
 
+from spotdl import const
 from spotdl import internals
 
 
@@ -146,7 +148,8 @@ def write_playlist(playlist_url, text_file=None):
     tracks = playlist["tracks"]
     if not text_file:
         text_file = u"{0}.txt".format(slugify(playlist["name"], ok="-_()[]{}"))
-    return write_tracks(tracks, text_file)
+    filepath = os.path.join(const.args.folder if const.args.folder else "", text_file)
+    return write_tracks(tracks, filepath)
 
 
 def fetch_album(album):
@@ -217,7 +220,8 @@ def write_album(album_url, text_file=None):
     tracks = spotify.album_tracks(album["id"])
     if not text_file:
         text_file = u"{0}.txt".format(slugify(album["name"], ok="-_()[]{}"))
-    return write_tracks(tracks, text_file)
+    filepath = os.path.join(const.args.folder if const.args.folder else "", text_file)
+    return write_tracks(tracks, filepath)
 
 
 def write_tracks(tracks, text_file):