diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index f2c4873..393c752 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -354,10 +354,16 @@ fn get_app_config_dir(appname: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
         dir
     else if (std.posix.getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")) |xdg|
         try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_dir_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ xdg, appname })
-    else if (std.posix.getenv("HOME")) |home|
-        try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_dir_buffer, "{s}/.config/{s}", .{ home, appname })
-    else
+    else if (std.posix.getenv("HOME")) |home| ret: {
+        const dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_dir_buffer, "{s}/.config", .{home});
+        std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
+            error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
+            else => return e,
+        };
+        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.config_dir_buffer, "{s}/.config/{s}", .{ home, appname });
+    } else {
         return error.AppConfigDirUnavailable;
+    };
     local.config_dir = config_dir;
     std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(config_dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
         error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
@@ -379,10 +385,16 @@ fn get_app_cache_dir(appname: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
         dir
     else if (std.posix.getenv("XDG_CACHE_HOME")) |xdg|
         try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.cache_dir_buffer, "{s}/{s}", .{ xdg, appname })
-    else if (std.posix.getenv("HOME")) |home|
-        try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.cache_dir_buffer, "{s}/.cache/{s}", .{ home, appname })
-    else
+    else if (std.posix.getenv("HOME")) |home| ret: {
+        const dir = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.cache_dir_buffer, "{s}/.cache", .{home});
+        std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
+            error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
+            else => return e,
+        };
+        break :ret try std.fmt.bufPrint(&local.cache_dir_buffer, "{s}/.cache/{s}", .{ home, appname });
+    } else {
         return error.AppCacheDirUnavailable;
+    };
     local.cache_dir = cache_dir;
     std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(cache_dir) catch |e| switch (e) {
         error.PathAlreadyExists => {},