diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0da5a6b..07dbb34 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Additions to avoid `Directory nonexistent` error.
+
 
 <div id="top"></div>
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index c254bf3..5c1d08d 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/makedeb.list
 
 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install makedeb
 
+# UNA-NONEXISTENT: Adding nonexistent directory
+    sudo mkdir -p /etc/una
+    
 git clone https://mpr.makedeb.org/una-bin.git && cd una-bin
+
 makedeb -H "MPR-Package: una-bin" -H "MPR-Version: 3.2.0" -si && cd .. && rm -rf una-bin
 
 una update; una help
diff --git a/una b/una
index a048585..8323cf7 100755
--- a/una
+++ b/una
@@ -551,6 +551,9 @@ fi
 trap "rm -f "${LOCKFILE:?}"; tput cnorm; exit" INT TERM EXIT
 echo $$ > ${LOCKFILE}
 
+# UNA-NONEXISTENT: Adding nonexistent directory
+    sudo mkdir -p /etc/una
+
 if [[ ! -d '/var/lib/una' ]] || { [[ ! -f '/var/lib/una/status' ]] || { [[ ! -f "$HOME/.config/autostart/una-updater.desktop" ]] || { [[ ! -f '/var/lib/una/cache' ]] || { [[ ! -d "${HOME}/.cache/una" ]] || [[ ! -f "/etc/una/config" ]]; } } } }; then
     echo
     info 'creating una directory and config files'
@@ -565,6 +568,8 @@ X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
 Name=Una Updater
 Comment=Auto-updater for APT and MPR packages.
 EOF
+    # UNA-NONEXISTENT: Adding nonexistent directory
+        sudo mkdir -p /etc/una
     sudo sh -c "echo 'auto_update=true # enable/disable update notifications; set to true or false' >/etc/una/config"
     sudo sh -c "echo 'update_check_gap=1d # time gap between checking for updates if auto_update=true; s for seconds (the default), m for minutes, h for hours or d for days' >/etc/una/config"
     sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/una /etc/una
diff --git a/una-updater b/una-updater
index 3531c7b..f28ac5b 100755
--- a/una-updater
+++ b/una-updater
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ _ui() {
     zenity --question --text 'Updated packages are available. Do you wish to upgrade?' --width 200 && x-terminal-emulator -e 'una upgrade; echo; echo "You can now close this window or press ENTER to close."; read enter' &
 }
 
+# UNA-NONEXISTENT: Adding nonexistent directory
+    sudo mkdir -p /etc/una
+
 while true; do
     source /etc/una/config &>/dev/null
     if [[ "${auto_update}" == "true" ]]; then