3 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 71a31f4..14cf5b8 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ void persist_config(tern_node *config)
 	if (!confdir) {
 		fatal_error("Failed to locate config file directory\n");
 	}
+	ensure_dir_exists(confdir);
 	char *confpath = path_append(confdir, "blastem.cfg");
 	if (!serialize_config_file(config, confpath)) {
 		fatal_error("Failed to write config to %s\n", confpath);
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index ffd970a..975932a 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ time_t get_modification_time(char *path)
 	return (time_t)wintime;
 }
 
-int ensure_dir_exists(char *path)
+int ensure_dir_exists(const char *path)
 {
 	if (CreateDirectory(path, NULL)) {
 		return 1;
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ time_t get_modification_time(char *path)
 #endif
 }
 
-int ensure_dir_exists(char *path)
+int ensure_dir_exists(const char *path)
 {
 	struct stat st;
 	if (stat(path, &st)) {
diff --git a/util.h b/util.h
index 53e9929..c846ac5 100644
--- a/util.h
+++ b/util.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void sort_dir_list(dir_entry *list, size_t num_entries);
 //Gets the modification time of a file
 time_t get_modification_time(char *path);
 //Recusrively creates a directory if it does not exist
-int ensure_dir_exists(char *path);
+int ensure_dir_exists(const char *path);
 //Returns the contents of a symlink in a newly allocated string
 char * readlink_alloc(char * path);
 //Prints an error message to stderr and to a message box if not in headless mode and then exits