diff --git a/packages/obsidian-testing-framework/src/index.ts b/packages/obsidian-testing-framework/src/index.ts
index 08a2da5..2fc1028 100644
--- a/packages/obsidian-testing-framework/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/obsidian-testing-framework/src/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { _electron as electron } from "playwright";
 import { Fixtures } from "@playwright/test";
 import path from "path";
 import { ObsidianTestFixtures } from "./fixtures.js";
-import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
 import { getApp, waitForIndexingComplete } from "./util.js";
 import { execSync } from "child_process";
 import { randomBytes } from "crypto";
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ function generateVaultConfig(vault: string) {
 	if (process.platform == "win32") {
 		configLocation = path.join(`${process.env.LOCALAPPDATA}`, "Obsidian");
 	} else {
+		try {
+			mkdirSync(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME as string)
+		} catch(e) {}
 		configLocation = path.join(`${process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME}`, "obsidian");
 	}
 	const obsidianConfigFile = path.join(configLocation, "obsidian.json");