diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 01c2403..46e70e2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -250,10 +250,16 @@ func runInit() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := ensureGitignoreEntries(filepath.Join(cwd, ".gitignore"), []string{"pocketbase", "pb_data", ".env", ".DS_store"}); err != nil {
+	if err := ensureGitignoreEntries(filepath.Join(cwd, ".gitignore"), []string{"pocketbase", "pb_data", ".env", ".DS_Store"}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	for _, dir := range []string{"pb_public", "pb_migrations", "pb_hooks"} {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(cwd, dir), 0o755); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	fmt.Printf("Initialized PocketBase project %q\n", serviceName)
 	return nil
 }