diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
index 884df89f..96208632 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
@@ -880,12 +880,7 @@ public final class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
         });
         configSaveDirButton.addActionListener(arg0 -> {
             UIManager.put("FileChooser.useSystemExtensionHiding", false);
-            JFileChooser jfc = null;
-            try {
-                jfc = new JFileChooser(Utils.getWorkingDirectory().toString());
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
+            JFileChooser jfc =  new JFileChooser(Utils.getWorkingDirectory().toString());
             jfc.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);
             int returnVal = jfc.showDialog(null, "select directory");
             if (returnVal != JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
@@ -904,12 +899,7 @@ public final class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
         });
         configUrlFileChooserButton.addActionListener(arg0 -> {
             UIManager.put("FileChooser.useSystemExtensionHiding", false);
-            JFileChooser jfc = null;
-            try {
-                jfc = new JFileChooser(Utils.getWorkingDirectory().toAbsolutePath().toString());
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
+            JFileChooser jfc =  new JFileChooser(Utils.getWorkingDirectory().toAbsolutePath().toString());
             jfc.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY);
             int returnVal = jfc.showDialog(null, "Open");
             if (returnVal != JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
index 7a230ed1..825d5142 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class Utils {
      *
      * @return Root directory to save rips to.
      */
-    public static Path getWorkingDirectory() throws IOException {
+    public static Path getWorkingDirectory() {
         String currentDir = getJarDirectory() + File.separator + RIP_DIRECTORY + File.separator;
 
         if (config != null) {
@@ -118,7 +118,12 @@ public class Utils {
 
         Path workingDir = Paths.get(currentDir);
         if (!Files.exists(workingDir)) {
-            Files.createDirectory(workingDir);
+            try {
+                Files.createDirectory(workingDir);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                LOGGER.error("WorkingDir " + workingDir + " not exists, and could not be created. Set to user.home, continue.");
+                workingDir = Paths.get(System.getProperty("user.home"));
+            }
         }
         return workingDir;
     }