diff --git a/WinAlfred/Helper/Settings.cs b/WinAlfred/Helper/Settings.cs
index 40beac986f..96f7c29329 100644
--- a/WinAlfred/Helper/Settings.cs
+++ b/WinAlfred/Helper/Settings.cs
@@ -9,20 +9,21 @@ namespace WinAlfred.Helper
     public class Settings
     {
         private string configPath = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "\\config.ini";
-        private static readonly Settings settings = new Settings();
-        IniParser parser = new IniParser("config.ini");
+        private static readonly Settings settings = new Settings();
+        IniParser parser;
 
         public string Theme { get; set; }
         public bool ReplaceWinR { get; set; }
 
         private Settings()
-        {
+        {
+            if (!File.Exists(configPath)) File.Create(configPath);
+            parser = new IniParser(configPath);
             LoadSettings();
         }
 
         private void LoadSettings()
         {
-            if (!File.Exists(configPath)) File.Create(configPath);
             Theme = parser.GetSetting("ui", "theme");
 
             string replaceWinRStr = parser.GetSetting("hotkey", "replaceWinR");
diff --git a/WinAlfred/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/WinAlfred/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index 50ced85aaf..897d9445bc 100644
--- a/WinAlfred/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/WinAlfred/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -39,11 +39,17 @@ namespace WinAlfred
             hook.RegisterHotKey(XModifierKeys.Alt, Keys.Space);
             resultCtrl.resultItemChangedEvent += resultCtrl_resultItemChangedEvent;
             ThreadPool.SetMaxThreads(30, 10);
-            InitProgressbarAnimation();
-
-
-            ChangeStyles(Settings.Instance.Theme);
+            InitProgressbarAnimation();
+
+            try
+            {
+                ChangeStyles(Settings.Instance.Theme);
 
+            }
+            catch (System.IO.IOException)
+            {
+                ChangeStyles(Settings.Instance.Theme = "Default");
+            }
         }
 
         private void WakeupApp()
diff --git a/WinAlfred/PluginLoader/BasePluginLoader.cs b/WinAlfred/PluginLoader/BasePluginLoader.cs
index ea8161bd8b..17bbe97361 100644
--- a/WinAlfred/PluginLoader/BasePluginLoader.cs
+++ b/WinAlfred/PluginLoader/BasePluginLoader.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ namespace WinAlfred.PluginLoader
         }
 
         private static void ParseThirdPartyPlugins()
-        {
+        {
+            if (!Directory.Exists(PluginPath))
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(PluginPath);
+
             string[] directories = Directory.GetDirectories(PluginPath);
             foreach (string directory in directories)
             {