diff --git a/common/configure_fresh_system b/common/configure_fresh_system
index 36ed7fe7..b5ad9510 100755
--- a/common/configure_fresh_system
+++ b/common/configure_fresh_system
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ ln -vfs "$DIR/.config/autostart/redshift-gtk.desktop" ~/.config/autostart/
 mkdir -p ~/.config/vdirsyncer/
 ln -vfs "$DIR/.config/vdirsyncer/config" ~/.config/vdirsyncer/
 ln -vfs "$DIR/.config/redshift.conf" ~/.config/redshift.conf
+mkdir -p ~/.config/Code/User
 ln -vfs "$DIR/.config/Code/User/settings.json" ~/.config/Code/User/settings.json
 
 source ~/.setenv