diff -r 1fed3ff9a64e -r 8fc909360552 src/MainWindow.cpp
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp	Mon Jan 16 16:55:41 2023 +0100
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp	Wed Jan 18 16:17:31 2023 +0100
@@ -355,6 +355,14 @@
     }
     settings.endGroup();
     qDebug() << "WS dev" << wsDev.host;
+
+    settings.beginGroup("paths");
+    if (settings.value("images").toString().isEmpty()) {
+	settings.setValue("download", QDir::homePath());
+	settings.setValue("images", QDir::homePath());
+	settings.setValue("beerxml", QDir::homePath());
+    }
+    settings.endGroup();
 }