diff --git a/src/core/config/CustomModesManager.ts b/src/core/config/CustomModesManager.ts
index efa3366aee..2a2a54ee2a 100644
--- a/src/core/config/CustomModesManager.ts
+++ b/src/core/config/CustomModesManager.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { fileExistsAtPath } from "../../utils/fs"
 import { arePathsEqual, getWorkspacePath } from "../../utils/path"
 import { logger } from "../../utils/logging"
 import { GlobalFileNames } from "../../shared/globalFileNames"
+import { ensureSettingsDirectoryExists } from "../../utils/globalContext"
 
 const ROOMODES_FILENAME = ".roomodes"
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ export class CustomModesManager {
 	}
 
 	async getCustomModesFilePath(): Promise<string> {
-		const settingsDir = await this.ensureSettingsDirectoryExists()
+		const settingsDir = await ensureSettingsDirectoryExists(this.context)
 		const filePath = path.join(settingsDir, GlobalFileNames.customModes)
 		const fileExists = await fileExistsAtPath(filePath)
 		if (!fileExists) {
@@ -329,12 +330,6 @@ export class CustomModesManager {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private async ensureSettingsDirectoryExists(): Promise<string> {
-		const settingsDir = path.join(this.context.globalStorageUri.fsPath, "settings")
-		await fs.mkdir(settingsDir, { recursive: true })
-		return settingsDir
-	}
-
 	async resetCustomModes(): Promise<void> {
 		try {
 			const filePath = await this.getCustomModesFilePath()
diff --git a/src/services/marketplace/MarketplaceManager.ts b/src/services/marketplace/MarketplaceManager.ts
index a27a0c9136..b5c79190f9 100644
--- a/src/services/marketplace/MarketplaceManager.ts
+++ b/src/services/marketplace/MarketplaceManager.ts
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ import {
 	InstallMarketplaceItemOptions,
 } from "./types"
 import { getUserLocale } from "./utils"
-import { GlobalFileNames } from "../../../src/shared/globalFileNames"
+import { GlobalFileNames } from "../../shared/globalFileNames"
 import { assertsMpContext, createHookable, MarketplaceContext, registerMarketplaceHooks } from "roo-rocket"
 import { assertsBinarySha256, unpackFromUint8, extractRocketConfigFromUint8 } from "config-rocket/cli"
 import { getPanel } from "../../activate/registerCommands"
+import { ensureSettingsDirectoryExists } from "../../utils/globalContext"
 
 /**
  * Service for managing marketplace data
@@ -584,7 +585,7 @@ export class MarketplaceManager {
 		const cwd =
 			target === "project"
 				? vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders![0].uri.fsPath
-				: await this.ensureSettingsDirectoryExists()
+				: await ensureSettingsDirectoryExists(this.context)
 
 		if (!item.binaryUrl || !item.binaryHash)
 			return vscode.window.showErrorMessage("Item does not have a binary URL or hash")
@@ -658,15 +659,6 @@ export class MarketplaceManager {
 			vscode.window.showInformationMessage(`"${item.name}" installed successfully`)
 		}
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Copied from `src/core/config/CustomModesManager.ts`, if in the future we add ClineProvider ref to this class, we can remove this and use the one from there.
-	 */
-	private async ensureSettingsDirectoryExists(): Promise<string> {
-		const settingsDir = path.join(this.context.globalStorageUri.fsPath, "settings")
-		await fs.mkdir(settingsDir, { recursive: true })
-		return settingsDir
-	}
 }
 
 async function fetchBinary(url: string) {
diff --git a/src/utils/globalContext.ts b/src/utils/globalContext.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c86548d319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/globalContext.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { mkdir } from "fs/promises"
+import { join } from "path"
+import { ExtensionContext } from "vscode"
+
+export async function ensureSettingsDirectoryExists(context: ExtensionContext): Promise<string> {
+	const settingsDir = join(context.globalStorageUri.fsPath, "settings")
+	await mkdir(settingsDir, { recursive: true })
+	return settingsDir
+}