diff --git a/src/freedombone-controlpanel-user b/src/freedombone-controlpanel-user
index 8bf86135..2c0be65c 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-controlpanel-user
+++ b/src/freedombone-controlpanel-user
@@ -908,6 +908,8 @@ function sign_keys {
 function run_tox_client {
     # create a tox user
     if [ ! -f /home/${USER}/.config/tox/data.tox ]; then
+        mkdir -p /home/${USER}/.config/tox
+        chown -R ${USER}:${USER} /home/${USER}/.config
         toxid -u ${USER} -n data
     fi
     toxic -f /home/${USER}/.config/tox/data.tox --force-tcp --SOCKS5-proxy 127.0.0.1 9050