diff --git a/pciSeq/src/diagnostics/launch_diagnostics.py b/pciSeq/src/diagnostics/launch_diagnostics.py
index 44efe96c..2dd268a7 100644
--- a/pciSeq/src/diagnostics/launch_diagnostics.py
+++ b/pciSeq/src/diagnostics/launch_diagnostics.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def make_credentials():
     might pause the program flow)
     """
     credentials = os.path.join(Path.home(), '.streamlit', 'credentials.toml')
+    Path(credentials).parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     mode = 'rt' if os.path.exists(credentials) else 'w+'
     with open(credentials, mode) as fp:
         doc = tomlkit.load(fp)
@@ -44,4 +45,4 @@ def append_email(doc, fname):
     if doc.get('general').get('email') is None:
         doc.get('general').add("email", "")
     with open(fname, 'w') as outfile:
-        tomlkit.dump(doc, outfile)
+        tomlkit.dump(doc, outfile)
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