diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5a6362f3..b1dd3446 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
     "fs-extra": "0.30.0",
     "irc-framework": "2.0.0",
     "lodash": "4.11.2",
-    "mkdirp": "0.5.1",
     "moment": "2.13.0",
     "read": "1.0.7",
     "request": "2.72.0",
diff --git a/src/clientManager.js b/src/clientManager.js
index 420d4bf2..bd1142bb 100644
--- a/src/clientManager.js
+++ b/src/clientManager.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 var _ = require("lodash");
 var fs = require("fs");
 var Client = require("./client");
-var mkdirp = require("mkdirp");
 var Helper = require("./helper");
 var oidentd = require("./oidentd");
 
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ ClientManager.prototype.loadUser = function(name) {
 
 ClientManager.prototype.getUsers = function() {
 	var users = [];
-	mkdirp.sync(Helper.USERS_PATH);
 	try {
 		var files = fs.readdirSync(Helper.USERS_PATH);
 		files.forEach(function(file) {
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@ ClientManager.prototype.addUser = function(name, password) {
 		return false;
 	}
 	try {
-		mkdirp.sync(Helper.USERS_PATH);
 
 		if (require("path").basename(name) !== name) {
 			throw new Error(name + " is an invalid username.");
diff --git a/src/command-line/add.js b/src/command-line/add.js
index d4c47124..fc5f8265 100644
--- a/src/command-line/add.js
+++ b/src/command-line/add.js
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 var ClientManager = new require("../clientManager");
 var bcrypt = require("bcrypt-nodejs");
 var program = require("commander");
-var mkdirp = require("mkdirp");
 var Helper = require("../helper");
 
 program
 	.command("add <name>")
 	.description("Add a new user")
 	.action(function(name/* , password */) {
-		try {
-			mkdirp.sync(Helper.USERS_PATH);
-		} catch (e) {
-			log.error("Could not create", Helper.USERS_PATH);
-			return;
-		}
 		var manager = new ClientManager();
 		var users = manager.getUsers();
 		if (users.indexOf(name) !== -1) {
diff --git a/src/command-line/index.js b/src/command-line/index.js
index d81988bb..236c390c 100644
--- a/src/command-line/index.js
+++ b/src/command-line/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ global.log = require("../log.js");
 var program = require("commander");
 var pkg = require("../../package.json");
 var fs = require("fs");
-var mkdirp = require("mkdirp");
+var fsextra = require("fs-extra");
 var path = require("path");
 var Helper = require("../helper");
 
@@ -16,20 +16,20 @@ var argv = program.parseOptions(process.argv);
 Helper.setHome(program.home);
 
 if (!fs.existsSync(Helper.CONFIG_PATH)) {
-	mkdirp.sync(Helper.HOME, {mode: "0700"});
-	fs.writeFileSync(
-		Helper.CONFIG_PATH,
-		fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(path.join(
-			__dirname,
-			"..",
-			"..",
-			"defaults",
-			"config.js"
-		)))
-	);
+	fsextra.ensureDirSync(Helper.HOME);
+	fs.chmodSync(Helper.HOME, "0700");
+	fsextra.copySync(path.resolve(path.join(
+		__dirname,
+		"..",
+		"..",
+		"defaults",
+		"config.js"
+	)), Helper.CONFIG_PATH);
 	log.info("Config created:", Helper.CONFIG_PATH);
 }
 
+fsextra.ensureDirSync(Helper.USERS_PATH);
+
 require("./start");
 require("./config");
 require("./list");
diff --git a/src/userLog.js b/src/userLog.js
index c2805dc6..8bb3e6d5 100644
--- a/src/userLog.js
+++ b/src/userLog.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 var fs = require("fs");
-var mkdirp = require("mkdirp");
+var fsextra = require("fs-extra");
 var moment = require("moment");
 var Helper = require("./helper");
 
 module.exports.write = function(user, network, chan, msg) {
 	try {
 		var path = Helper.getUserLogsPath(user, network);
-		mkdirp.sync(path);
+		fsextra.ensureDirSync(path);
 	} catch (e) {
 		log.error("Unabled to create logs directory", e);
 		return;