diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleConfig.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleConfig.cs
index 27dcf7fa..780fb2b4 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleConfig.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleConfig.cs
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
             } catch (IOException) {
                 CreateInitialConfig ();
 
+            } catch (FileNotFoundException) {
+                CreateInitialConfig ();
+
             } catch (XmlException) {
             
                 FileInfo file = new FileInfo (FullPath);