diff --git a/modules/admin/AdminController.php b/modules/admin/AdminController.php
index 24a9977..67e68fa 100644
--- a/modules/admin/AdminController.php
+++ b/modules/admin/AdminController.php
@@ -700,7 +700,18 @@ class AdminController
             . "    'pass' => '" . addslashes($dbPass) . "',\n"
             . "    'port' => " . (int)$dbPort . ",\n"
             . "];\n";
-        $configPath = __DIR__ . '/../../storage/db.php';
+        $storageDir = __DIR__ . '/../../storage';
+        if (!is_dir($storageDir)) {
+            if (!@mkdir($storageDir, 0775, true) && !is_dir($storageDir)) {
+                return new Response('', 302, ['Location' => '/admin/installer?error=' . rawurlencode('Unable to create storage directory.')]);
+            }
+        }
+        $settingsPath = $storageDir . '/settings.php';
+        if (!is_file($settingsPath)) {
+            $settingsSeed = "<?php\nreturn [\n    'site_title' => 'AudioCore V1.5',\n];\n";
+            @file_put_contents($settingsPath, $settingsSeed);
+        }
+        $configPath = $storageDir . '/db.php';
         if (file_put_contents($configPath, $config) === false) {
             return new Response('', 302, ['Location' => '/admin/installer?error=' . rawurlencode('Unable to write DB config file.')]);
         }