diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dab24f5ad..3f439d3a4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Tag URLs in statuses are now absolute
 - Removed duplicate jobs to purge expired activities
 - File extensions of some attachments were incorrectly changed. This feature has been disabled for now.
+- Mix task pleroma.instance creates missing parent directories if the configuration or SQL output paths are changed.
 
 <details>
   <summary>API Changes</summary>
diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex
index f272fdb7f..da27a99d0 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/instance.ex
@@ -242,6 +242,13 @@ def run(["gen" | rest]) do
           rum_enabled: rum_enabled
         )
 
+      config_dir = Path.dirname(config_path)
+      psql_dir = Path.dirname(psql_path)
+
+      [config_dir, psql_dir, static_dir, uploads_dir]
+      |> Enum.reject(&File.exists?/1)
+      |> Enum.map(&File.mkdir_p!/1)
+
       shell_info("Writing config to #{config_path}.")
 
       File.write(config_path, result_config)
@@ -275,10 +282,6 @@ defp write_robots_txt(static_dir, indexable, template_dir) do
         indexable: indexable
       )
 
-    unless File.exists?(static_dir) do
-      File.mkdir_p!(static_dir)
-    end
-
     robots_txt_path = Path.join(static_dir, "robots.txt")
 
     if File.exists?(robots_txt_path) do