diff --git a/bin/validity-sensors-firmware b/bin/validity-sensors-firmware
index c9d357b..446703d 100755
--- a/bin/validity-sensors-firmware
+++ b/bin/validity-sensors-firmware
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import urllib.request
 from usb import core as usb_core
 
 from validitysensor.init_data_dir import PYTHON_VALIDITY_DATA_DIR
+from validitysensor.init_data_dir import init_data_dir
 from validitysensor.firmware_tables import FIRMWARE_NAMES, FIRMWARE_URIS
 from validitysensor.usb import SupportedDevices
 
@@ -99,4 +100,5 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as fwdir:
         fwpath = download_and_extract_fw(dev_type, fwdir, fwuri=args.driver_uri)
+        init_data_dir()
         shutil.copy(fwpath, PYTHON_VALIDITY_DATA_DIR)