diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 1231cabf86..317b9dc0ef 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# This file is autogenerated by the modulegen code generator. Please look at the generator code when updating it.
+# This file is autogenerated by the 'modulegen' tool.
+# Please look at the generator code when updating it.
 version: 2
 updates:
     - package-ecosystem: github-actions
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 99b10620e7..bdcdf7ad17 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# This file is autogenerated by the 'modulegen' tool.
 site_name: Testcontainers for Go
 site_url: https://golang.testcontainers.org
 plugins:
@@ -31,8 +32,8 @@ markdown_extensions:
         permalink: true
     - attr_list
     - pymdownx.emoji:
-        emoji_index: !!python/name:materialx.emoji.twemoji
         emoji_generator: !!python/name:materialx.emoji.to_svg
+        emoji_index: !!python/name:materialx.emoji.twemoji
 nav:
     - Home: index.md
     - Quickstart: quickstart.md
diff --git a/modulegen/internal/dependabot/writer.go b/modulegen/internal/dependabot/writer.go
index 611bd63783..0a134f827a 100644
--- a/modulegen/internal/dependabot/writer.go
+++ b/modulegen/internal/dependabot/writer.go
@@ -2,16 +2,21 @@ package dependabot
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 func writeConfig(configFile string, config *Config) error {
+	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(configFile), 0o755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	data, err := yaml.Marshal(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	header := "# This file is autogenerated by the modulegen code generator. Please look at the generator code when updating it.\n"
+	header := "# This file is autogenerated by the 'modulegen' tool.\n# Please look at the generator code when updating it.\n"
 	data = append([]byte(header), data...)
-	return os.WriteFile(configFile, data, 0o777)
+	return os.WriteFile(configFile, data, 0o644)
 }
diff --git a/modulegen/internal/mkdocs/writer.go b/modulegen/internal/mkdocs/writer.go
index a625d2ab27..4d6a685af6 100644
--- a/modulegen/internal/mkdocs/writer.go
+++ b/modulegen/internal/mkdocs/writer.go
@@ -2,14 +2,35 @@ package mkdocs
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
 func writeConfig(configFile string, config *Config) error {
+	err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(configFile), 0o755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	data, err := yaml.Marshal(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return os.WriteFile(configFile, data, 0o777)
+	return os.WriteFile(configFile, overrideData(data), 0o644)
+}
+
+// simple solution to replace the empty strings, as mapping those fields
+// into the MkDocs config is not supported yet
+func overrideData(data []byte) []byte {
+	content := "# This file is autogenerated by the 'modulegen' tool.\n" + string(data)
+	content = setEmoji(content, "generator", "to_svg")
+	content = setEmoji(content, "index", "twemoji")
+	return []byte(content)
+}
+
+func setEmoji(content string, key string, value string) string {
+	old := "emoji_" + key + `: ""`
+	new := "emoji_" + key + ": !!python/name:materialx.emoji." + value
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(content, old, new)
 }