diff --git a/thwap/thwap-helpers.el b/thwap/thwap-helpers.el
index bada8bb..bc935c5 100644
--- a/thwap/thwap-helpers.el
+++ b/thwap/thwap-helpers.el
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ LST is reversed and concatenated into a single string with line breaks."
 (defun thwap/ensure-directory-exists (dir)
   "Ensure the directory DIR exists. If not, create it."
   (unless (file-directory-p dir)
+		(message "Creating missing directory: %s" dir)
     (make-directory dir t)))
 
 ;; Function to list all files in a directory with a given extension
diff --git a/thwap/thwap-orgmode.el b/thwap/thwap-orgmode.el
index a565ce7..ca4e445 100644
--- a/thwap/thwap-orgmode.el
+++ b/thwap/thwap-orgmode.el
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 ;; base
 (when (memq 'orgmode thwap-orgmode)
 	(straight-use-package 'org)
+	(thwap/ensure-directory-exists "~/.org-agenda")
 	(setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-generic
 				browse-url-generic-program "firefox-esr"
 				org-log-done 'time