diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/FileLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/FileLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs
index d31acb4..9e77cbb 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/FileLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/FileLoggerConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -94,27 +94,97 @@ public static LoggerConfiguration File(
             long? fileSizeLimitBytes = DefaultFileSizeLimitBytes,
             LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch = null,
             bool buffered = false)
+        {
+            return ConfigureFile(sinkConfiguration.Sink, formatter, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, fileSizeLimitBytes, levelSwitch, buffered);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Write log events to the specified file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sinkConfiguration">Logger sink configuration.</param>
+        /// <param name="path">Path to the file.</param>
+        /// <param name="restrictedToMinimumLevel">The minimum level for
+        /// events passed through the sink. Ignored when <paramref name="levelSwitch"/> is specified.</param>
+        /// <param name="levelSwitch">A switch allowing the pass-through minimum level
+        /// to be changed at runtime.</param>
+        /// <param name="formatProvider">Supplies culture-specific formatting information, or null.</param>
+        /// <param name="outputTemplate">A message template describing the format used to write to the sink.
+        /// the default is "{Timestamp} [{Level}] {Message}{NewLine}{Exception}".</param>
+        /// <returns>Configuration object allowing method chaining.</returns>
+        /// <remarks>The file will be written using the UTF-8 character set.</remarks>
+        public static LoggerConfiguration File(
+            this LoggerAuditSinkConfiguration sinkConfiguration,
+            string path,
+            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel = LevelAlias.Minimum,
+            string outputTemplate = DefaultOutputTemplate,
+            IFormatProvider formatProvider = null,
+            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch = null)
         {
             if (sinkConfiguration == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(sinkConfiguration));
+            if (path == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));
+            if (outputTemplate == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(outputTemplate));
+
+            var formatter = new MessageTemplateTextFormatter(outputTemplate, formatProvider);
+            return File(sinkConfiguration, formatter, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, levelSwitch);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Write log events to the specified file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="sinkConfiguration">Logger sink configuration.</param>
+        /// <param name="formatter">A formatter, such as <see cref="JsonFormatter"/>, to convert the log events into
+        /// text for the file. If control of regular text formatting is required, use the other
+        /// overload of <see cref="File(LoggerSinkConfiguration, string, LogEventLevel, string, IFormatProvider, long?, LoggingLevelSwitch, bool)"/>
+        /// and specify the outputTemplate parameter instead.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="path">Path to the file.</param>
+        /// <param name="restrictedToMinimumLevel">The minimum level for
+        /// events passed through the sink. Ignored when <paramref name="levelSwitch"/> is specified.</param>
+        /// <param name="levelSwitch">A switch allowing the pass-through minimum level
+        /// to be changed at runtime.</param>
+        /// <returns>Configuration object allowing method chaining.</returns>
+        /// <remarks>The file will be written using the UTF-8 character set.</remarks>
+        public static LoggerConfiguration File(
+            this LoggerAuditSinkConfiguration sinkConfiguration,
+            ITextFormatter formatter,
+            string path,
+            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel = LevelAlias.Minimum,
+            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch = null)
+        {
+            return ConfigureFile(sinkConfiguration.Sink, formatter, path, restrictedToMinimumLevel, null, levelSwitch, false, true);
+        }
+
+        static LoggerConfiguration ConfigureFile(
+            this Func<ILogEventSink, LogEventLevel, LoggingLevelSwitch, LoggerConfiguration> addSink,
+            ITextFormatter formatter,
+            string path,
+            LogEventLevel restrictedToMinimumLevel = LevelAlias.Minimum,
+            long? fileSizeLimitBytes = DefaultFileSizeLimitBytes,
+            LoggingLevelSwitch levelSwitch = null,
+            bool buffered = false,
+            bool propagateExceptions = false)
+        {
+            if (addSink == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(addSink));
             if (formatter == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(formatter));
             if (path == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(path));
+            if (fileSizeLimitBytes.HasValue && fileSizeLimitBytes < 0) throw new ArgumentException("Negative value provided; file size limit must be non-negative");
 
             FileSink sink;
             try
             {
                 sink = new FileSink(path, formatter, fileSizeLimitBytes, buffered: buffered);
             }
-            catch (ArgumentException)
-            {
-                throw;
-            }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
                 SelfLog.WriteLine("Unable to open file sink for {0}: {1}", path, ex);
-                return sinkConfiguration.Sink(new NullSink());
+
+                if (propagateExceptions)
+                    throw;
+
+                return addSink(new NullSink(), LevelAlias.Maximum, null);
             }
 
-            return sinkConfiguration.Sink(sink, restrictedToMinimumLevel, levelSwitch);
+            return addSink(sink, restrictedToMinimumLevel, levelSwitch);
         }
     }  
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/Sinks/File/FileSink.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/Sinks/File/FileSink.cs
index 8268654..088b5bd 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/Sinks/File/FileSink.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/Sinks/File/FileSink.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 using Serilog.Core;
-using Serilog.Debugging;
 using Serilog.Events;
 using Serilog.Formatting;
 
@@ -53,7 +52,11 @@ public FileSink(string path, ITextFormatter textFormatter, long? fileSizeLimitBy
             _textFormatter = textFormatter;
             _buffered = buffered;
 
-            TryCreateDirectory(path);
+            var directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(directory) && !Directory.Exists(directory))
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
+            }
 
             var file = System.IO.File.Open(path, FileMode.Append, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Read);
             var outputWriter = new StreamWriter(file, encoding ?? new UTF8Encoding(encoderShouldEmitUTF8Identifier: false));
@@ -69,22 +72,6 @@ public FileSink(string path, ITextFormatter textFormatter, long? fileSizeLimitBy
             }
         }
 
-        static void TryCreateDirectory(string path)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                var directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
-                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(directory) && !Directory.Exists(directory))
-                {
-                    Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                SelfLog.WriteLine("Failed to create directory {0}: {1}", path, ex);
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Emit the provided log event to the sink.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/project.json b/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/project.json
index 6acdfb7..bb17847 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/project.json
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.File/project.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "iconUrl": "http://serilog.net/images/serilog-sink-nuget.png"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "Serilog": "2.0.0"
+    "Serilog": "2.2.0-dev-00688"
   },
   "buildOptions": {
     "keyFile": "../../assets/Serilog.snk",
diff --git a/test/Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests/FileLoggerConfigurationExtensionsTests.cs b/test/Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests/FileLoggerConfigurationExtensionsTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dbbdbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests/FileLoggerConfigurationExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+using System;
+using Serilog;
+using Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests.Support;
+using Serilog.Tests.Support;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Serilog.Tests
+{
+    public class FileLoggerConfigurationExtensionsTests
+    {
+        const string InvalidPath = "/\\";
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WhenWritingCreationExceptionsAreSuppressed()
+        {
+            new LoggerConfiguration()
+                .WriteTo.File(InvalidPath)
+                .CreateLogger();
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WhenAuditingCreationExceptionsPropagate()
+        {
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() =>
+                new LoggerConfiguration()
+                    .AuditTo.File(InvalidPath)
+                    .CreateLogger());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WhenWritingLoggingExceptionsAreSuppressed()
+        {
+            using (var tmp = TempFolder.ForCaller())
+            using (var log = new LoggerConfiguration()
+                .WriteTo.File(new ThrowingLogEventFormatter(), tmp.AllocateFilename())
+                .CreateLogger())
+            {
+                log.Information("Hello");
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void WhenAuditingLoggingExceptionsPropagate()
+        {
+            using (var tmp = TempFolder.ForCaller())
+            using (var log = new LoggerConfiguration()
+                .AuditTo.File(new ThrowingLogEventFormatter(), tmp.AllocateFilename())
+                .CreateLogger())
+            {
+                var ex = Assert.Throws<AggregateException>(() => log.Information("Hello"));
+                Assert.IsType<NotImplementedException>(ex.GetBaseException());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests/Sinks/File/FileSinkTests.cs b/test/Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests/FileSinkTests.cs
similarity index 98%
rename from test/Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests/Sinks/File/FileSinkTests.cs
rename to test/Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests/FileSinkTests.cs
index e71cac3..f553494 100644
--- a/test/Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests/Sinks/File/FileSinkTests.cs
+++ b/test/Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests/FileSinkTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.IO;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
 using Xunit;
 using Serilog.Formatting.Json;
 using Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests.Support;
diff --git a/test/Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests/Support/ThrowingLogEventFormatter.cs b/test/Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests/Support/ThrowingLogEventFormatter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9170ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Serilog.Sinks.File.Tests/Support/ThrowingLogEventFormatter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using Serilog.Events;
+using Serilog.Formatting;
+
+namespace Serilog.Tests.Support
+{
+    public class ThrowingLogEventFormatter : ITextFormatter
+    {
+        public void Format(LogEvent logEvent, TextWriter output)
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+    }
+}