diff --git a/install/4-config.sh b/install/4-config.sh
index bf646cd..8314790 100644
--- a/install/4-config.sh
+++ b/install/4-config.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Copy over Omarchy configs
 cp -R ~/.local/share/omarchy/config/* ~/.config/
 
+# Ensure application directory exists for update-desktop-database
+mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
+
 # Use default bashrc from Omarchy
 echo "source ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/bash/rc" >~/.bashrc