diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleConfig.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleConfig.cs
index d05eb316..e088685a 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleConfig.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleConfig.cs
@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 
     public class SparkleConfig : XmlDocument {
 
-        public static string ConfigPath = Path.Combine (
+        private static string default_config_path = Path.Combine (
             Environment.GetFolderPath (Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData),
                 "sparkleshare");
 
-        public bool DebugMode = true;
+        public static SparkleConfig DefaultConfig = new SparkleConfig (default_config_path, "config.xml");
+        public static bool DebugMode = true;
+
 
-        public static SparkleConfig DefaultConfig = new SparkleConfig (ConfigPath, "config.xml");
         public string FullPath;
-        public string LogFilePath;
         public string TmpPath;
-
+        public string LogFilePath;
 
         public string HomePath {
             get {
@@ -69,16 +69,12 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
                 }
             }
 
-            if (!Directory.Exists (config_path)) {
+            if (!Directory.Exists (config_path))
                 Directory.CreateDirectory (config_path);
-                SparkleHelpers.DebugInfo ("Config", "Created \"" + config_path + "\"");
-            }
 
-            string icons_path = System.IO.Path.Combine (config_path, "icons");
-            if (!Directory.Exists (icons_path)) {
+            string icons_path = Path.Combine (config_path, "icons");
+            if (!Directory.Exists (icons_path))
                 Directory.CreateDirectory (icons_path);
-                SparkleHelpers.DebugInfo ("Config", "Created \"" + icons_path + "\"");
-            }
 
             try {
               Load (FullPath);
diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleHelpers.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleHelpers.cs
index baf49763..7b262d80 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleHelpers.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleHelpers.cs
@@ -22,29 +22,25 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
     
     public static class SparkleHelpers {
 
-        public static bool ShowDebugInfo = true;
         private static object debug_lock = new object ();
 
         // Show debug info if needed
         public static void DebugInfo (string type, string message)
         {
-            if (ShowDebugInfo) {
-                string timestamp = DateTime.Now.ToString ("HH:mm:ss");
+            if (!message.StartsWith ("["))
+                message = " " + message;
 
-                if (!message.StartsWith ("["))
-                    message = " " + message;
+            string timestamp = DateTime.Now.ToString ("HH:mm:ss");
+            string line      = timestamp + " " + "[" + type + "]" + message;
 
-                string line = timestamp + " " + "[" + type + "]" + message;
+            if (SparkleConfig.DebugMode)
+                Console.WriteLine (line);
 
-                if (SparkleConfig.DefaultConfig.DebugMode)
-                    Console.WriteLine (line);
-
-                lock (debug_lock) {
-                    File.AppendAllText (
-                        SparkleConfig.DefaultConfig.LogFilePath,
-                        line + Environment.NewLine
-                    );
-                }
+            lock (debug_lock) {
+                File.AppendAllText (
+                    SparkleConfig.DefaultConfig.LogFilePath,
+                    line + Environment.NewLine
+                );
             }
         }