diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f55f7b4..843a42b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ with open("requirements.txt") as f:
 
 setup(
     name="rembg",
-    version="1.0.5",
+    version="1.0.6",
     description="Remove image background",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/src/rembg/u2net/detect.py b/src/rembg/u2net/detect.py
index 0339001..9934c6d 100644
--- a/src/rembg/u2net/detect.py
+++ b/src/rembg/u2net/detect.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ def download_url(url, model_name, output_path):
     if os.path.exists(output_path):
         return
 
+    os.makedirs(os.path.expanduser("~/.u2net"), exist_ok=True)
+
     print(
         f"Downloading model to {output_path}".format(output_path=output_path),
         file=sys.stderr,