diff --git a/client/AppRun b/client/AppRun
index 8976946..b5d40f8 100755
--- a/client/AppRun
+++ b/client/AppRun
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ export GDK_BACKEND=x11
 
 data_directory="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/hydra-veil"
 
+if [ ! -d "${data_directory}/incidents" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "${data_directory}/incidents"
+fi
+
 if [ ! -d "${data_directory}/runtime" ]; then
     mkdir -p "${data_directory}/runtime"
 fi