diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de71713..9bd1db9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 (This document uses YYYY-MM-DD)
 
+## [v2.2.1] - 2022-03-26
+
+### Fixed
+ - Crash when datadir is missing :"3
+
 ## [v2.2] - 2022-03-24
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/pesterchum.py b/pesterchum.py
index 1549728..3070ace 100755
--- a/pesterchum.py
+++ b/pesterchum.py
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ import ostools
 #  plowing on. :o)
 # ~Lex
 _datadir = ostools.getDataDir()
+if not os.path.isdir(_datadir):
+    os.makedirs(_datadir)
 # See, what I've done here is that _datadir is '' if we're not on OSX, so the
 #  concatination is the same as if it wasn't there.
 # UPDATE 2011-11-28 <Kiooeht>:
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 382d62a..15f378c 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-_pcVersion = "Alt. v2.2"
-buildVersion = "v2.2"
+_pcVersion = "Alt. v2.2.1"
+buildVersion = "v2.2.1"