diff --git a/cartridge/clusterwide-config.c b/cartridge/clusterwide-config.c
index 4fd239be0..a5aab6c5a 100644
--- a/cartridge/clusterwide-config.c
+++ b/cartridge/clusterwide-config.c
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
 
 #include <tarantool/module.h>
 #include <tarantool/lua.h>
@@ -34,11 +37,10 @@ static int file_write(const char* path, const char* data) {
   return 0;
 }
 
-static int mktree(char* path) {
+static int mktree(const char* path) {
   char* tmp_path = strdup(path);
   // FIXME: here possible buffer overflow
   char current_dir[512] = "";
-  char* ctxptr;
   struct stat st;
   char* dir = strtok(tmp_path, "/");
   while(dir != NULL) {
@@ -46,7 +48,6 @@ static int mktree(char* path) {
     sprintf(current_dir, "%s/%s", tmp_dir, dir);
     mode_t mode = 0744;
     int stat_rc = stat(current_dir, &st);
-    say_info("current_dir: %s", current_dir);
     if(stat_rc == -1) {
       if(mkdir(current_dir, mode) ==  -1) {
         say_error("mkdir() error: %s, path: %s, mode: %x", strerror(errno), current_dir, mode);
@@ -63,34 +64,35 @@ static int mktree(char* path) {
   return 0;
 }
 
-static int cw_save(char* path, char* random_path, char** sections_k, char** sections_v, int section_l) {
+static int cw_save(char* path, char* random_path, char** sections_k, char** sections_v, int section_l, char* err) {
   if(mktree(random_path) == -1 ) {
     say_error("mktree() error");
     return -1;
   }
 
   for (int i = 0; i < section_l; i++) {
-    char tmp_path[512];
-    sprintf(tmp_path, "%s/%s", random_path, sections_k[i]);
-    if(file_write(tmp_path, sections_v[i]) == -1) {
-      say_error("file_write() error: %s", strerror(errno));
-      goto rollback;
+    char abspath[512];
+    sprintf(abspath, "%s/%s", random_path, sections_k[i]);
+    const char* _dirname = dirname(abspath);
+    if(mktree(_dirname) == -1) {
+      say_error("mktree() error: %s: %s", _dirname, strerror(errno));
+      sprintf(err, "%s: %s", _dirname, strerror(errno));
+      return -1;
+    }
+    if(file_write(abspath, sections_v[i]) == -1) {
+      say_error("file_write() error: %s: %s", abspath, strerror(errno));
+      sprintf(err, "%s: %s", abspath, strerror(errno));
+      return -1;
     }
   }
 
   if(rename(random_path, path) == -1) {
-    say_error("rename() error: %s", strerror(errno));
-    goto rollback;
+    say_error("rename() error: %s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
+    sprintf(err, "%s: %s", path, strerror(errno));
+    return -1;
   }
 
   say_verbose("%s has renamed to %s", random_path, path);
-  goto exit;
-rollback:
-  if(remove(path) == -1) {
-    say_error("remove error: %s, path: %s", strerror(errno), path);
-  }
-  return -1;
-exit:
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -100,7 +102,8 @@ static ssize_t va_cw_save(va_list argp) {
   char** keys = va_arg(argp, char**);
   char** values = va_arg(argp, char**);
   int l = va_arg(argp, int);
-  return cw_save(path, random_path, keys, values, l);
+  char* err = va_arg(argp, char*);
+  return cw_save(path, random_path, keys, values, l, err);
 }
 
 static int lua_cw_save(lua_State *L) {
@@ -117,7 +120,9 @@ static int lua_cw_save(lua_State *L) {
     if(!lua_isstring(L, -1)) {
       const char* _type = luaL_typename(L, -1);
       say_error("wrong format of table field at index %d: expect string, actual is %s", v, _type);
-      return -1;
+      lua_pushnil(L);
+      lua_pushstring(L, "wrong format");
+      return 2;
     }
     sections_v[v-1] = lua_tostring(L, -1);
     lua_pop(L, 1);
@@ -135,7 +140,9 @@ static int lua_cw_save(lua_State *L) {
     if(!lua_isstring(L, -1)) {
       const char* _type = luaL_typename(L, -1);
       say_error("wrong format of table field at index %d: expect string, actual is %s", k, _type);
-      return -1;
+      lua_pushnil(L);
+      lua_pushstring(L, "wrong format");
+      return 2;
     }
     sections_k[k-1] = lua_tostring(L, -1);
     lua_pop(L, 1);
@@ -144,18 +151,22 @@ static int lua_cw_save(lua_State *L) {
 
   if(k != v) {
     say_error("count of keys and count of values are different");
-    lua_pushnumber(L, -1);
-    return -1;
+    lua_pushnil(L);
+    lua_pushstring(L, "count of keys is wrong");
+    return 2;
   }
 
-  if(coio_call(va_cw_save, path, random_path, sections_k, sections_v, k-1) == -1) {
+  char err[512];
+
+  if(coio_call(va_cw_save, path, random_path, sections_k, sections_v, k-1, err) == -1) {
     say_error("coio_call() error");
-    lua_pushnumber(L, -1);
-    return -1;
+    lua_pushnil(L);
+    lua_pushstring(L, err);
+    return 2;
   }
 
-  lua_pushnumber(L, 0);
-  return 0;
+  lua_pushboolean(L, 1);
+  return 1;
 }
 
 static const struct luaL_Reg functions[] = {
@@ -169,4 +180,3 @@ LUA_API int luaopen_cartridge_cwinternal(lua_State *L) {
   luaL_register(L, NULL, functions);
   return 1;
 }
-
diff --git a/cartridge/clusterwide-config.lua b/cartridge/clusterwide-config.lua
index acbea4c4a..aeed7a0a3 100644
--- a/cartridge/clusterwide-config.lua
+++ b/cartridge/clusterwide-config.lua
@@ -492,9 +492,9 @@ local function save(clusterwide_config, path)
         table.insert(sections_k, k)
         table.insert(sections_v, v)
     end
-    local rc = internal.save(path, random_path, sections_k, sections_v)
-    if rc == -1 then
-        return nil, SaveConfigError:new("error in c")
+    local rc, err = internal.save(path, random_path, sections_k, sections_v)
+    if not rc and err then
+        return nil, SaveConfigError:new(err)
     end
     return true
 end