From 31becb6ba56403b48b1913e350089fa910b9b5b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: LA3QMA <kai.gunter.brandt@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:24:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] need to create a folder before a file can be written to it

---
 freedata_server/config.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/freedata_server/config.py b/freedata_server/config.py
index d6f0e832..c8c9822d 100644
--- a/freedata_server/config.py
+++ b/freedata_server/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import configparser
 import structlog
 import json
+import os
 
 
 class CONFIG:
@@ -296,6 +297,11 @@ class CONFIG:
             data if successful, False otherwise.
         """
         try:
+            # need to create the directory before writing to it
+            config_dir = os.path.dirname(self.config_name)
+            if config_dir:
+                os.makedirs(config_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
             with open(self.config_name, "w") as configfile:
                 self.parser.write(configfile)
                 self.ctx.config = self.read()