diff --git a/DOCKERFILE b/DOCKERFILE
index e5f7f72..4c36802 100644
--- a/DOCKERFILE
+++ b/DOCKERFILE
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 # Copy the rest of the application code into the container
 COPY . /app
 
+# Create a directory for the configuration files
+RUN mkdir /config
+
 # Expose the port that Streamlit will run on
 EXPOSE 8501