diff --git a/app/actions/dat-middleware.js b/app/actions/dat-middleware.js
index fd5f2fa6..057497e0 100644
--- a/app/actions/dat-middleware.js
+++ b/app/actions/dat-middleware.js
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ export default class DatMiddleware {
 
   async loadFromDisk () {
     try {
+      await mkdirp(this.downloadsDir)
       await mkdirp(this.dataDir)
     } catch (_) {}