diff --git a/debian/dump1090-fa.postinst b/debian/dump1090-fa.postinst
index d2698ef..89fc579 100644
--- a/debian/dump1090-fa.postinst
+++ b/debian/dump1090-fa.postinst
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ case "$1" in
 
         # Make sure the "data" directory is owned by dump1090 so the dump1090-fa process has write access
         jsondir="/usr/share/dump1090-fa/html/data"
+        if [ ! -d ${jsondir} ]; then
+            echo "Creating directory ${jsondir}..." >&2
+            mkdir ${jsondir}
+        fi
         if [ -d ${jsondir} ]; then
             echo "Changing permissions on ${jsondir}..." >&2
             chown ${RUNAS}:nogroup ${jsondir}
@@ -90,7 +94,6 @@ case "$1" in
         echo "Starting the dump1090-fa service..." >&2
         systemctl restart dump1090-fa
 
-
     ;;
 
     abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)