diff --git a/bin/periodic/fix-tweaked-desktop-files b/bin/periodic/fix-tweaked-desktop-files
index b19f1e7..5a0608d 100755
--- a/bin/periodic/fix-tweaked-desktop-files
+++ b/bin/periodic/fix-tweaked-desktop-files
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ flatpak_global=/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications
 flatpak_local="$HOME"/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications
 snap=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications
 
+mkdir -p "$user" "$flatpak_local" || { echo "failed to make directoris $user & $flatpak_local"; exit 1; }
+
 detectfiles() {
 	for file in "$user"/*.desktop; do
 		name=$(basename "$file") || continue