diff --git a/scripts/moonraker.sh b/scripts/moonraker.sh
index cf3668a..1760a77 100644
--- a/scripts/moonraker.sh
+++ b/scripts/moonraker.sh
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ function configure_moonraker_service() {
     service="${SYSTEMD}/moonraker.service"
     env_file="${pdata_dir}/systemd/moonraker.env"
 
+    ### create required folder structure
+    create_required_folders "${pdata_dir}"
+
     ### write single instance service
     write_moonraker_service "" "${pdata_dir}" "${service}" "${env_file}"
     ok_msg "Moonraker instance created!"
@@ -335,6 +338,9 @@ function configure_moonraker_service() {
       service="${SYSTEMD}/moonraker-${names[${j}]}.service"
       env_file="${pdata_dir}/systemd/moonraker.env"
 
+      ### create required folder structure
+      create_required_folders "${pdata_dir}"
+
       ### write multi instance service
       write_moonraker_service "${names[${j}]}" "${pdata_dir}" "${service}" "${env_file}"
       ok_msg "Moonraker instance 'moonraker-${names[${j}]}' created!"