diff --git a/src/lib/session.ts b/src/lib/session.ts
index ed2ccde0f..713c70b0a 100644
--- a/src/lib/session.ts
+++ b/src/lib/session.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ export function ensureDirectory(path: string): void {
     if (!GLib.file_test(path, GLib.FileTest.EXISTS)) Gio.File.new_for_path(path).make_directory_with_parents(null);
 }
 
+export function ensureFile(path: string): void {
+    const file = Gio.File.new_for_path(path);
+    const parent = file.get_parent();
+
+    if (parent && !parent.query_exists(null)) {
+        parent.make_directory_with_parents(null);
+    }
+
+    if (!file.query_exists(null)) {
+        file.create(Gio.FileCreateFlags.NONE, null);
+    }
+}
+
 Object.assign(globalThis, {
     CONFIG: `${GLib.get_user_config_dir()}/hyprpanel/config.json`,
     TMP: `${GLib.get_tmp_dir()}/hyprpanel`,
@@ -21,4 +34,5 @@ Object.assign(globalThis, {
 });
 
 ensureDirectory(TMP);
+ensureFile(CONFIG);
 App.add_icons(`${SRC_DIR}/assets`);