2 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Configuration/ServerConfigurationManager.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Configuration/ServerConfigurationManager.cs
index 30b654886..9c9b0c79c 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/Configuration/ServerConfigurationManager.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/Configuration/ServerConfigurationManager.cs
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Configuration
         /// <summary>
         /// Updates the metadata path.
         /// </summary>
+        /// <exception cref="UnauthorizedAccessException">If the directory does not exist, and the caller does not have the required permission to create it.</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">If there is a custom path transcoding path specified, but it is invalid.</exception>
+        /// <exception cref="IOException">If the directory does not exist, and it also could not be created.</exception>
         private void UpdateMetadataPath()
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Configuration.MetadataPath))
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.Configuration
             {
                 ((ServerApplicationPaths)ApplicationPaths).InternalMetadataPath = Configuration.MetadataPath;
             }
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(ApplicationPaths.InternalMetadataPath);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ServerApplicationPaths.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ServerApplicationPaths.cs
index 2f57c97a1..dfdd4200e 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ServerApplicationPaths.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ServerApplicationPaths.cs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
     /// </summary>
     public class ServerApplicationPaths : BaseApplicationPaths, IServerApplicationPaths
     {
-        private string _internalMetadataPath;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ServerApplicationPaths" /> class.
         /// </summary>
@@ -27,6 +25,7 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
                 cacheDirectoryPath,
                 webDirectoryPath)
         {
+            InternalMetadataPath = DefaultInternalMetadataPath;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -98,12 +97,11 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations
         /// <value>The user configuration directory path.</value>
         public string UserConfigurationDirectoryPath => Path.Combine(ConfigurationDirectoryPath, "users");
 
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public string DefaultInternalMetadataPath => Path.Combine(ProgramDataPath, "metadata");
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public string InternalMetadataPath
-        {
-            get => _internalMetadataPath ?? (_internalMetadataPath = Path.Combine(DataPath, "metadata"));
-            set => _internalMetadataPath = value;
-        }
+        public string InternalMetadataPath { get; set; }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public string VirtualInternalMetadataPath { get; } = "%MetadataPath%";