diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bc9a94c963632367954143f478b7be24b464c61a..eebff6edaeb19aa5ab00c0d4d7cbb01320d71f0a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ USER root
 RUN mkdir -p /home/faircoin/pulse.faircoin.co
 RUN chown -R faircoin:faircoin /home/faircoin/pulse.faircoin.co
 
+RUN mkdir -p /home/faircoin/.faircoin2
+RUN chown -R faircoin:faircoin /home/faircoin/.faircoin2
+
 USER faircoin
 WORKDIR /home/faircoin
 ENTRYPOINT ["./faircoind","-conf=.faircoin2/faircoin.conf"]