diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 7fd9439..2c39aa7 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/npmextra',
-  version: '4.0.1',
+  version: '4.0.2',
   description: 'do more with npm'
 }
diff --git a/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts b/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
index bd8b057..c0507ec 100644
--- a/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
+++ b/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
@@ -16,11 +16,16 @@ export class AppData {
     } else {
       const appDataDir = '/app/data';
       const dataDir = '/data';
+      const nogitAppData = '.nogit/appdata';
       const appDataExists = plugins.smartfile.fs.isDirectory(appDataDir);
       const dataExists = plugins.smartfile.fs.isDirectory(dataDir);
       if (appDataExists) {
         this.dirPathArg = appDataDir;
+      } else if (dataExists) {
         this.dirPathArg = dataDir;
+      } else {
+        await plugins.smartfile.fs.ensureDir(nogitAppData);
+        this.dirPathArg = nogitAppData;
       }
     }
     this.kvStore = new KeyValueStore('custom', 'appkv', this.dirPathArg);