diff --git a/scripts/build.number b/scripts/build.number
index efd8c14..9be5847 100644
--- a/scripts/build.number
+++ b/scripts/build.number
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #Build Number for ANT. Do not edit!
-#Sun Aug 07 12:40:19 EDT 2022
-build.number=34
+#Sun Aug 07 13:46:38 EDT 2022
+build.number=42
diff --git a/src/java/net/i2p/i2pfirefox/I2PFirefoxProfileBuilder.java b/src/java/net/i2p/i2pfirefox/I2PFirefoxProfileBuilder.java
index 914a718..d6839f8 100644
--- a/src/java/net/i2p/i2pfirefox/I2PFirefoxProfileBuilder.java
+++ b/src/java/net/i2p/i2pfirefox/I2PFirefoxProfileBuilder.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class I2PFirefoxProfileBuilder {
         }
         File baseProfileDir = new File(baseProfile);
         File profileDir = new File(profile);
-        if (!baseProfileDir.exists() || !profileDir.exists()) {
+        if (!baseProfileDir.exists() || profileDir.listFiles() == null ) {
             return false;
         }
         try {
@@ -152,8 +152,42 @@ public class I2PFirefoxProfileBuilder {
             System.out.println("Error copying base profile to profile"+e);
             return false;
         }
+        // if user.js does not exist yet, make an empty one.
+        if (!touch(profileDir.toString(), "user.js")) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // if extensions does not exist yet, make an empty one.
+        if (!mkExtensionsDir(profileDir.toString())){
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        
         return copyStrictOptions();
     }
+    private static boolean touch(String dir, String file){
+        File f = new File(dir, file);
+        if (!f.exists()) {
+            try {
+                f.createNewFile();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                System.out.println("Error creating "+file+" in "+dir+" "+e);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    private static boolean mkExtensionsDir(String dir) {
+        File f = new File(dir, "extensions");
+        if (!f.exists()) {
+            try {
+                f.mkdir();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                System.out.println("Error creating extensions directory in "+dir+" "+e);
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
 
     /*
      * Copy the strict options from the base profile to the profile
@@ -186,6 +220,10 @@ public class I2PFirefoxProfileBuilder {
             System.out.println("Error copying base profile to profile"+e);
             return false;
         }
+        // if user-overrides.js does not exist yet, make an empty one.
+        if (!touch(profileDir.toString(), "user-overrides.js")) {
+            return false;
+        }
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/java/net/i2p/i2pfirefox/I2PFirefoxProfileChecker.java b/src/java/net/i2p/i2pfirefox/I2PFirefoxProfileChecker.java
index 0227b98..f875646 100644
--- a/src/java/net/i2p/i2pfirefox/I2PFirefoxProfileChecker.java
+++ b/src/java/net/i2p/i2pfirefox/I2PFirefoxProfileChecker.java
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ public class I2PFirefoxProfileChecker {
             System.out.println("user.js is not valid");
             return false;
         }
-        if (!validateFile(profileDir+"/user-overrides.js")){
-            System.out.println("user-overrides.js is not valid");
-            return false;
-        }
         if (!validateExtensionDirectory(profileDir+"/extensions")){
             System.out.println("extensions directory is invalid");
             return false;