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src/config.cpp

@@ -78,11 +78,17 @@ void init_user_directory(const std::string& path) {
     // Convert to absolute path
     fs::path abs_path = fs::absolute(path);
     
-    // Create directory if it doesn't exist
+    // The directory must exist
     if (!fs::exists(abs_path)) {
         throw std::runtime_error("The user directory does not exist: " + abs_path.string());
     }
 
+    // create the servers subdirectory if it doesn't exist
+    fs::path servers_dir = abs_path / "servers";
+    if (!fs::exists(servers_dir)) {
+        fs::create_directories(servers_dir);
+    }
+
     // Update config file
     std::string config_path;
     if (!get_config_path(config_path)) {