diff --git a/launcher/include/profilemanager.h b/launcher/include/profilemanager.h
index 787a167..2ec9bb1 100644
--- a/launcher/include/profilemanager.h
+++ b/launcher/include/profilemanager.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public:
     Q_INVOKABLE bool canDelete(Profile *account) const;
 
     static QString getDefaultGamePath(const QString &uuid);
+    static QString getDefaultWinePrefixPath(const QString &uuid);
 
 private:
     void insertProfile(Profile *profile);
diff --git a/launcher/profileconfig.kcfg b/launcher/profileconfig.kcfg
index a16b9e9..d76ab32 100644
--- a/launcher/profileconfig.kcfg
+++ b/launcher/profileconfig.kcfg
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
       <entry key="WinePath" type="Path">
       </entry>
       <entry key="WinePrefixPath" type="Path">
+        <default code="true">ProfileManager::getDefaultWinePrefixPath(mParamuuid)</default>
       </entry>
       <entry key="WineType" type="Enum">
         <choices>
diff --git a/launcher/src/launchercore.cpp b/launcher/src/launchercore.cpp
index 31b50c6..048529e 100755
--- a/launcher/src/launchercore.cpp
+++ b/launcher/src/launchercore.cpp
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ QString LauncherCore::getGameArgs(const Profile &profile, const LoginAuth &auth)
         QDir().mkpath(profile.account()->getConfigDir().absolutePath());
     }
 
+    if (!QDir().exists(profile.winePrefixPath())) {
+        QDir().mkpath(profile.winePrefixPath());
+    }
+
     if (!auth.lobbyhost.isEmpty()) {
         gameArgs.push_back({QStringLiteral("DEV.GMServerHost"), auth.frontierHost});
         for (int i = 1; i < 9; i++) {
diff --git a/launcher/src/profilemanager.cpp b/launcher/src/profilemanager.cpp
index ea43bc4..91b5f0f 100644
--- a/launcher/src/profilemanager.cpp
+++ b/launcher/src/profilemanager.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,13 @@ QString ProfileManager::getDefaultGamePath(const QString &uuid)
 #endif
 }
 
+QString ProfileManager::getDefaultWinePrefixPath(const QString &uuid)
+{
+    const QDir appData = QStandardPaths::standardLocations(QStandardPaths::StandardLocation::AppDataLocation)[0];
+    const QDir prefixDir = appData.absoluteFilePath(QStringLiteral("prefix"));
+    return prefixDir.absoluteFilePath(uuid);
+}
+
 void ProfileManager::load()
 {
     auto config = KSharedConfig::openStateConfig();