diff --git a/bookmarks.json b/bookmarks.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d4f101c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookmarks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[
+]
diff --git a/debian/openwebrx.install b/debian/openwebrx.install
index 0ef68d46..856a9001 100644
--- a/debian/openwebrx.install
+++ b/debian/openwebrx.install
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 bands.json etc/openwebrx/
+bookmarks.json etc/openwebrx/
 bookmarks.d etc/openwebrx/
 openwebrx.conf etc/openwebrx/
 systemd/openwebrx.service lib/systemd/system/