diff --git a/freqtrade/configuration/directory_operations.py b/freqtrade/configuration/directory_operations.py
index e39c485f3..8837c3572 100644
--- a/freqtrade/configuration/directory_operations.py
+++ b/freqtrade/configuration/directory_operations.py
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ def create_userdata_dir(directory: str, create_dir=False) -> Path:
     :param create_dir: Create directory if it does not exist.
     :return: Path object containing the directory
     """
-    sub_dirs = ["backtest_results", "data", "hyperopts", "hyperopt_results", "plot", "strategies", ]
+    sub_dirs = ["backtest_results", "data", "hyperopts", "hyperopt_results", "notebooks",
+                "plot", "strategies", ]
     folder = Path(directory)
     if not folder.is_dir():
         if create_dir:
diff --git a/tests/test_directory_operations.py b/tests/test_directory_operations.py
index 5c2485fc3..064b5b6a3 100644
--- a/tests/test_directory_operations.py
+++ b/tests/test_directory_operations.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def test_create_userdata_dir(mocker, default_conf, caplog) -> None:
     md = mocker.patch.object(Path, 'mkdir', MagicMock())
 
     x = create_userdata_dir('/tmp/bar', create_dir=True)
-    assert md.call_count == 7
+    assert md.call_count == 8
     assert md.call_args[1]['parents'] is False
     assert log_has(f'Created user-data directory: {Path("/tmp/bar")}', caplog)
     assert isinstance(x, Path)