diff --git a/functions.sh b/functions.sh
index 244139e6..20367553 100644
--- a/functions.sh
+++ b/functions.sh
@@ -1370,9 +1370,10 @@ finit() {
   # XMLSTARLET HERE
   cp -fv /app/retrodeck/es_settings.xml /var/config/emulationstation/.emulationstation/es_settings.xml
 
-  # ES-DE preparing themes and scraped folders
+  # ES-DE preparing user-exposed folders
   dir_prep "$media_folder" "/var/config/emulationstation/.emulationstation/downloaded_media"
   dir_prep "$themes_folder" "/var/config/emulationstation/.emulationstation/themes"
+  dir_prep "$rdhome/gamelists" "/var/config/emulationstation/.emulationstation/gamelists"
 
   # PICO-8
   dir_prep "$bios_folder/pico-8" "$HOME/.lexaloffle/pico-8" # Store binary and config files together. The .lexaloffle directory is a hard-coded location for the PICO-8 config file, cannot be changed
diff --git a/post_update.sh b/post_update.sh
index 7d861cab..f4a178e3 100644
--- a/post_update.sh
+++ b/post_update.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ post_update() {
   if [[ $prev_version -le "070" ]]; then
     # In version 0.7.0b, the following changes were made that required config file updates/reset or other changes to the filesystem:
     # - New ~/retrodeck/mods and ~/retrodeck/texture_packs directories are added and symlinked to multiple different emulators (where supported)
+    # - Expose ES-DE gamelists folder to user at ~/retrodeck/gamelists
 
     mkdir -p "$mods_folder"
     mkdir -p "$texture_packs_folder"
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ post_update() {
     dir_prep "$texture_packs_folder/Primehack" "/var/data/primehack/Load/Textures/"
     dir_prep "$mods_folder/Dolphin" "/var/data/dolphin-emu/Load/GraphicMods/"
     dir_prep "$texture_packs_folder/Dolphin" "/var/data/dolphin-emu/Load/Textures/"
+
+    dir_prep "$rdhome/gamelists" "/var/config/emulationstation/.emulationstation/gamelists"
   fi
 
   # The following commands are run every time.