diff --git a/packages/addons/downloadmanager/transmission/meta b/packages/addons/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
index 37a0bb4e4f..d48123c707 100644
--- a/packages/addons/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
+++ b/packages/addons/downloadmanager/transmission/meta
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 PKG_NAME="transmission"
 PKG_VERSION="2.31"
-PKG_REV="2"
+PKG_REV="3"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.transmissionbt.com/"
diff --git a/packages/addons/downloadmanager/transmission/source/start.sh b/packages/addons/downloadmanager/transmission/source/start.sh
index 5aa65352bc..3a6c95b4b7 100755
--- a/packages/addons/downloadmanager/transmission/source/start.sh
+++ b/packages/addons/downloadmanager/transmission/source/start.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ app_prep() {
 
 export TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME="$SCRIPT_DIR/web"
 
+mkdir -p $ADDON_HOME
 OPENELEC_SETTINGS="$ADDON_HOME/settings.xml"
 
 if [ ! -f "$OPENELEC_SETTINGS" ]; then