diff --git a/SparkleShare/Linux/sparkleshare.in b/SparkleShare/Linux/sparkleshare.in
index 63430890..46d5e7e3 100755
--- a/SparkleShare/Linux/sparkleshare.in
+++ b/SparkleShare/Linux/sparkleshare.in
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ case $1 in
   open|--open)
     invite=`date -u +%N`
     open=`echo $2 | sed 's/sparkleshare:\/\/addProject\///'`
-    curl --insecure --output ~/SparkleShare/$invite.xml $open
+    curl --insecure --output ~/SparkleShare/.$invite.xml $open
     ;;
   *)
     mono "@expanded_libdir@/@PACKAGE@/SparkleShare.exe" --help
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleShareInviteOpener.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/main.scpt b/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleShareInviteOpener.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/main.scpt
index 34ec0afc..e4782d56 100644
Binary files a/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleShareInviteOpener.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/main.scpt and b/SparkleShare/Mac/SparkleShareInviteOpener.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/main.scpt differ
diff --git a/SparkleShare/Windows/SparkleShareInviteOpener/sparkleshare-invite-opener.cs b/SparkleShare/Windows/SparkleShareInviteOpener/sparkleshare-invite-opener.cs
index feb97288..bd1cc01b 100644
--- a/SparkleShare/Windows/SparkleShareInviteOpener/sparkleshare-invite-opener.cs
+++ b/SparkleShare/Windows/SparkleShareInviteOpener/sparkleshare-invite-opener.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ namespace SparkleShare {
 
             if (xml.Contains ("<sparkleshare>")) {
                 File.WriteAllText (target_path, xml);
+                File.SetAttributes (target_path, FileAttributes.Hidden);
                 Console.WriteLine ("Downloaded invite: " + url);
             }
         }