diff --git a/package/tubesync/nixos.nix b/package/tubesync/nixos.nix
index efa6cbf5..3745e71f 100644
--- a/package/tubesync/nixos.nix
+++ b/package/tubesync/nixos.nix
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ in {
           ExecStartPre = pkgs.writeShellScript "tubesync-setup" ''
             set -xe
             tubesync-migrate
+            mkdir -p "${cfg.stateDir}/run"
 
             mkdir -p "/tmp/tubesync"
             cp -r "${cfg.package.app}/static/." "/tmp/tubesync/static"