diff --git a/install/apps/mimetypes.sh b/install/apps/mimetypes.sh
index ee867ab7..6dfb796e 100644
--- a/install/apps/mimetypes.sh
+++ b/install/apps/mimetypes.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
 update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
 
 # Open all images with imv
diff --git a/install/config/config.sh b/install/config/config.sh
index a1186dd2..75e694b9 100644
--- a/install/config/config.sh
+++ b/install/config/config.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,3 @@ cp -R ~/.local/share/omarchy/config/* ~/.config/
 
 # Use default bashrc from Omarchy
 cp ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/bashrc ~/.bashrc
-
-# Ensure application directory exists for update-desktop-database
-mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications