diff --git a/Wabbajack.Common/Consts.cs b/Wabbajack.Common/Consts.cs
index 7b73acf5..c839b5f0 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Common/Consts.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Common/Consts.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem;
+using Syroot.Windows.IO;
 
 namespace Wabbajack.Common
 {
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Common
         }
 
         public static string HashFileExtension => ".xxHash";
+        public static string LocalAppDataPath => Path.Combine(KnownFolders.LocalAppData.Path, "Wabbajack");
 
         public static string WabbajackCacheLocation = "http://build.wabbajack.org/nexus_api_cache/";
     }
diff --git a/Wabbajack.Common/Utils.cs b/Wabbajack.Common/Utils.cs
index 4a227f8c..275243d1 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Common/Utils.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Common/Utils.cs
@@ -913,7 +913,11 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Common
         {
             var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data.ToJSON());
             var encoded = ProtectedData.Protect(bytes, Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(key), DataProtectionScope.LocalMachine);
-            var path = Path.Combine(KnownFolders.LocalAppData.Path, "Wabbajack", key);
+            
+            if (!Directory.Exists(Consts.LocalAppDataPath))
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(Consts.LocalAppDataPath);
+            
+            var path = Path.Combine(Consts.LocalAppDataPath, key);
             File.WriteAllBytes(path, encoded);
         }