diff --git a/main.d b/main.d
index 43e0e00..bc4fbee 100644
--- a/main.d
+++ b/main.d
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ int run(string[] args)
 	if (defaultConfig)
 	{
 		string s = getConfigurationLocation();
+		mkdirRecurse(findSplitBefore(s, "dscanner.ini")[0]);
 		StaticAnalysisConfig saConfig = defaultStaticAnalysisConfig();
 		writeln("Writing default config file to ", s);
 		writeINIFile(saConfig, s);