diff --git a/dot_config/zsh/dot_zshrc b/dot_config/zsh/dot_zshrc
index 4cb08da..690fe71 100644
--- a/dot_config/zsh/dot_zshrc
+++ b/dot_config/zsh/dot_zshrc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Lines configured by zsh-newuser-install
 export HISTFILE="$XDG_STATE_HOME"/zsh/history
+mkdir -p "$(dirname $HISTFILE)"
 HISTSIZE=1000
 SAVEHIST=1000
 setopt autocd