From d7925b3ac25fe8fa7fe6888531a6636b15765d52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SternXD <stern@sidestore.io>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 13:04:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] GameList: Create covers directory if missing before
 downloading covers

---
 pcsx2/GameList.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pcsx2/GameList.cpp b/pcsx2/GameList.cpp
index ab3f9ffe92..df1edccf99 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GameList.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GameList.cpp
@@ -1317,6 +1317,12 @@ bool GameList::DownloadCovers(const std::vector<std::string>& url_templates, boo
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if (!FileSystem::CreateDirectoryPath(EmuFolders::Covers.c_str(), false))
+	{
+		progress->DisplayError(fmt::format("Failed to create covers directory: {}", EmuFolders::Covers).c_str());
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> download_urls;
 	{
 		std::unique_lock lock(s_mutex);