diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index d190d2d..d6e1ec1 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 using System;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.IO;
 
 public static class Program
 {
+    const string defaultSteamGuardPath = "~/maFiles";
+
+    public static string SteamGuardPath { get; set; } = defaultSteamGuardPath;
+
     /// <summary>
     ///   The main entry point for the application
     /// </summary>
@@ -15,6 +20,22 @@ public static class Program
             Console.WriteLine("steamguard-cli - v0.0");
             Console.WriteLine();
             Console.WriteLine("--help, -h   Display this help message.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        SteamGuardPath = SteamGuardPath.Replace("~", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HOME"));
+        if (!Directory.Exists(SteamGuardPath))
+        {
+            if (SteamGuardPath == defaultSteamGuardPath.Replace("~", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HOME")))
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("warn: {0} does not exist, creating...", SteamGuardPath);
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(SteamGuardPath);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("error: {0} does not exist.", SteamGuardPath);
+                return;
+            }
         }
     }
 }