diff --git a/config/user.go b/config/user.go
index af9c710..04aa6be 100644
--- a/config/user.go
+++ b/config/user.go
@@ -1,121 +1,122 @@
 package config
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	writeas "github.com/writeas/go-writeas/v2"
 	"github.com/writeas/writeas-cli/fileutils"
 	"gopkg.in/urfave/cli.v1"
 )
 
 func LoadUser(c *cli.Context) (*writeas.AuthUser, error) {
 	dir, err := userHostDir(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	DirMustExist(dir)
 	username, err := currentUser(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if username == "user" {
 		username = ""
 	}
 	fname := filepath.Join(dir, username, "user.json")
 	userJSON, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fname)
 	if err != nil {
 		if !fileutils.Exists(fname) {
 			// Don't return a file-not-found error
 			return nil, nil
 		}
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	// Parse JSON file
 	u := &writeas.AuthUser{}
 	err = json.Unmarshal(userJSON, u)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return u, nil
 }
 
 func DeleteUser(c *cli.Context) error {
 	dir, err := userHostDir(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	username, err := currentUser(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	if username == "user" {
 		username = ""
 	}
 
 	return fileutils.DeleteFile(filepath.Join(dir, username, "user.json"))
 }
 
 func SaveUser(c *cli.Context, u *writeas.AuthUser) error {
 	// Marshal struct into pretty-printed JSON
 	userJSON, err := json.MarshalIndent(u, "", "  ")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	dir, err := userHostDir(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Save file
 	username, err := currentUser(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if username != "user" {
 		dir = filepath.Join(dir, u.User.Username)
 	}
 	DirMustExist(dir)
 	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "user.json"), userJSON, 0600)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 // userHostDir returns the path to the user data directory with the host based
 // subpath if the host flag is set
 func userHostDir(c *cli.Context) (string, error) {
 	dataDir := UserDataDir(c.App.ExtraInfo()["configDir"])
 	hostDir, err := HostDirectory(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	return filepath.Join(dataDir, hostDir), nil
 }
 
 func currentUser(c *cli.Context) (string, error) {
 	hostDir, err := userHostDir(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	cfg, err := LoadConfig(hostDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	if cfg.Default.User == "" {
 		cfg, err = LoadConfig(UserDataDir(c.App.ExtraInfo()["configDir"]))
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", err
 		}
 	}
 
 	if c.GlobalString("user") != "" {
 		return c.GlobalString("user"), nil
 	}
 
 	return cfg.Default.User, nil
 }