diff --git a/source/ChanSort/MainForm.cs b/source/ChanSort/MainForm.cs
index 7cb1561..0bacc46 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort/MainForm.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort/MainForm.cs
@@ -2516,10 +2516,17 @@ namespace ChanSort.Ui
 
     private void MainForm_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
     {
-      if (this.PromptSaveAndContinue())
-        this.SaveSettings();
-      else
-        e.Cancel = true;
+      try
+      {
+        if (this.PromptSaveAndContinue())
+          this.SaveSettings();
+        else
+          e.Cancel = true;
+      }
+      catch
+      {
+        // ignore - always allow to exit
+      }
     }
 
     #endregion
diff --git a/source/ChanSort/Properties/Config.cs b/source/ChanSort/Properties/Config.cs
index 4a3ad10..6c32079 100644
--- a/source/ChanSort/Properties/Config.cs
+++ b/source/ChanSort/Properties/Config.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ namespace ChanSort.Ui.Properties
 
     public void Save()
     {
+      var folder = Path.GetDirectoryName(ConfigFilePath);
+      Directory.CreateDirectory(folder);
+
       using (var stream = new FileStream(ConfigFilePath, FileMode.Create))
       using (var writer = new StreamWriter(stream, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8))
       {
diff --git a/source/changelog.md b/source/changelog.md
index c1e27ff..dd4b574 100644
--- a/source/changelog.md
+++ b/source/changelog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ChanSort Change Log 
 ===================
 
+2019-07-25
+- fix: Application failed to save config and didn't exit when the folder %LOCALAPPDATA%\ChanSort doesn't exist
+
 2019-07-20
 - user settings are now persisted across releases in %LOCALAPPDATA%\ChanSort\config.xml
 - fixed Sony sdb.xml DVB-T channel lists