diff --git a/app.briar.gtk.json b/app.briar.gtk.json
index 8dc06f2aa0b22b70c3c42ba9b18e934e11b3df1b..7e2e02f4c7a0a266726b33c8a68b892e60e9f119 100644
--- a/app.briar.gtk.json
+++ b/app.briar.gtk.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         "--socket=wayland",
         "--filesystem=xdg-run/dconf",
         "--filesystem=~/.config/dconf:ro",
-        "--filesystem=~/.briar",
+        "--filesystem=~/.briar:create",
         "--talk-name=ca.desrt.dconf",
         "--env=DCONF_USER_CONFIG_DIR=.config/dconf",
         "--env=PATH=/app/bin:/usr/bin:/app/jre/bin"