diff --git a/lib/common/src/version.h b/lib/common/src/version.h
index df915e12..89d6ef47 100644
--- a/lib/common/src/version.h
+++ b/lib/common/src/version.h
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define NCHAT_VERSION "4.09"
+#define NCHAT_VERSION "4.10"
diff --git a/lib/ncutil/src/fileutil.cpp b/lib/ncutil/src/fileutil.cpp
index affa0a10..59f00acc 100644
--- a/lib/ncutil/src/fileutil.cpp
+++ b/lib/ncutil/src/fileutil.cpp
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ std::string FileUtil::GetDownloadsDir()
   if (!m_DownloadsDir.empty())
   {
     std::string downloadsDir = FileUtil::ExpandPath(m_DownloadsDir);
+    if (!FileUtil::IsDir(downloadsDir))
+    {
+      FileUtil::MkDir(downloadsDir);
+    }
+
     if (FileUtil::IsDir(downloadsDir))
     {
       return downloadsDir;
diff --git a/src/nchat.1 b/src/nchat.1
index ac6a400e..406fafbe 100644
--- a/src/nchat.1
+++ b/src/nchat.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man.
-.TH NCHAT "1" "December 2023" "nchat v4.09" "User Commands"
+.TH NCHAT "1" "December 2023" "nchat v4.10" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 nchat \- ncurses chat
 .SH SYNOPSIS