diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1646364..7aba73a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "libs/replication"]
-	path = libs/replication
+[submodule "multi_user/libs/replication"]
+	path = multi_user/libs/replication
 	url = git@gitlab.com:slumber/replication.git
diff --git a/multi_user/environment.py b/multi_user/environment.py
index 115e47f..937c8c5 100644
--- a/multi_user/environment.py
+++ b/multi_user/environment.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def save_config(config):
     import yaml
 
     logger.info("saving config")
+
     with open(CONFIG, 'w') as outfile:
         yaml.dump(config, outfile, default_flow_style=False)
 
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ def install_package(name):
     subprocess.run([str(PYTHON_PATH), "-m", "pip", "install",
                     name, '--target', target], cwd=SUBPROCESS_DIR)
 
+def check_dir(dir):
+    if not os.path.exists(dir):
+        os.makedirs(dir)
 
 def setup(dependencies, python_path):
     global PYTHON_PATH, SUBPROCESS_DIR
@@ -72,6 +76,9 @@ def setup(dependencies, python_path):
     PYTHON_PATH = Path(python_path)
     SUBPROCESS_DIR = PYTHON_PATH.parent
 
+    check_dir(CACHE_DIR)
+    check_dir(CONFIG_DIR)
+
     if not module_can_be_imported("pip"):
         install_pip()
 
diff --git a/multi_user/libs/replication b/multi_user/libs/replication
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..7eecb7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multi_user/libs/replication
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 7eecb7fe4689649741aa69fff7ef6ec7c0a6ec52