diff --git a/scripts/parse_config.py b/scripts/parse_config.py
index 4181451..9a6b9c1 100644
--- a/scripts/parse_config.py
+++ b/scripts/parse_config.py
@@ -12,8 +12,20 @@ def get_config_file():
     if 'XDG_CONFIG_HOME' in os.environ.keys():
         xdg_config_home = Path(os.environ['XDG_CONFIG_HOME']).resolve()
     else:
-        xdg_config_home = Path('~/.config').resolve()
-    return xdg_config_home / 'university-setup' / 'config.cfg'
+        xdg_config_home = Path('~/.config').expanduser().resolve()
+    config_file = xdg_config_home / 'university-setup' / 'config.cfg'
+    if not config_file.exists():
+        config_file.parent.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
+        config_file.write_text(
+            '# Automatically generated default config file for university-setup\n'
+            '# Edit this as you wish\n'
+            '\n'
+            '[Subprocess]\n'
+            'terminal = i3-sensible-terminal'
+        )
+        print(f'Initialized default config file at {str(config_file)}.')
+    print(config_file)
+    return config_file
 
 
 def get_config(section_name: str = 'Subprocess') -> Dict: