diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78273a5..a55eb13 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ On Linux:
     systemctl --user stop clipper.service
     systemctl --user disable clipper.service
     sudo rm /usr/local/bin/clipper
+    rm -r ~/.config/clipper
 
 To kill a manually-launched instance of Clipper, just hit Control+C in the terminal where it is running.
 
diff --git a/clipper.go b/clipper.go
index 28fea9e..57c759b 100644
--- a/clipper.go
+++ b/clipper.go
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ func main() {
 	// Merge flags -> config -> defaults.
 	mergeSettings()
 
+	if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+		configDir := expandPath(filepath.Dir(settings.Logfile.value))
+		os.MkdirAll(configDir, 0700)
+	}
 	expandedPath := expandPath(settings.Logfile.value)
 	outfile, err := os.OpenFile(expandedPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0600)
 	if err != nil {