diff --git a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_fetch.bash b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_fetch.bash
index 4b35275..92eff72 100644
--- a/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_fetch.bash
+++ b/container/src/finance/lib/internal/lib_fetch.bash
@@ -660,7 +660,9 @@ function lib_fetch::__fetch_price()
 
   # Prices master file
   # NOTE: base dir of all price files (subdirs will be by year)
-  local _master_prices="${global_child_profile_flow}/prices/master.prices"
+  local -r _prices_dir="${global_child_profile_flow}/prices"
+  [ ! -d "$_prices_dir" ] && mkdir -p "$_prices_dir"
+  local -r _master_prices="${_prices_dir}/master.prices"
 
   for _api in "${_arg_api[@]}"; do