diff --git a/libimaginteraction/src/error.rs b/libimaginteraction/src/error.rs
index 70f026f1..1a4be7df 100644
--- a/libimaginteraction/src/error.rs
+++ b/libimaginteraction/src/error.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ generate_error_module!(
         ConfigMissingError  => "Configuration missing",
         ConfigTypeError     => "Config Type Error",
         NoConfigError       => "No configuration",
+        ReadlineHistoryFileCreationError => "Could not create history file for readline",
         ReadlineError       => "Readline error"
     );
 );
diff --git a/libimaginteraction/src/readline.rs b/libimaginteraction/src/readline.rs
index de2a1e95..7b998dd0 100644
--- a/libimaginteraction/src/readline.rs
+++ b/libimaginteraction/src/readline.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ impl Readline {
             .build();
 
         let mut editor = Editor::new(config);
+
+        if !histfile.exists() {
+            let _ = try!(File::create(histfile.clone())
+                         .map_err_into(IEK::ReadlineHistoryFileCreationError));
+        }
+
         let _ = try!(editor.load_history(&histfile).map_err_into(ReadlineError));
 
         Ok(Readline {