diff --git a/hbs2-git-dashboard/app/GitDashBoard.hs b/hbs2-git-dashboard/app/GitDashBoard.hs
index 1ffaf284..392e3caf 100644
--- a/hbs2-git-dashboard/app/GitDashBoard.hs
+++ b/hbs2-git-dashboard/app/GitDashBoard.hs
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ runDashBoardM m = do
   setLogging @WARN   warnPrefix
   setLogging @NOTICE noticePrefix
 
+  mkdir dataDir
+
   flip runContT pure do