diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d794bb608eb46483b73660627a2a2740fe1c18d..f1697ecb9ea90565b573ed14aeb028a8e4c4ca44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ ```sh
 git clone git@github.com:mitjafelicijan/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
 
 # Create symbolic links to actual config files.
-bash symlink.sh
+sh symlink.sh
 ```
 
diff --git a/symlink.sh b/symlink.sh
index 82ddad64ff78a735e021b53f10128ba93726c6a4..5900937496d97cf50d72705a67eba1e132a62aec 100644
--- a/symlink.sh
+++ b/symlink.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+set -x
+
+mkdir -p ~/.config/i3
+mkdir -p ~/.config/i3status/
+mkdir -p ~/.newsboat
+
 ln -s ~/.dotfiles/shenanigans.sh ~/.shenanigans.sh
 ln -s ~/.dotfiles/tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf
 ln -s ~/.dotfiles/vimrc ~/.vimrc