diff --git a/platform/config.c b/platform/config.c
index 5f9d2dd..5bbceea 100644
--- a/platform/config.c
+++ b/platform/config.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "platform/clock.h"
 #include "platform/dns.h"
 #include "platform/es3sec.h"
+#include "util/dprintf.h"
 
 void platform_config_load(struct platform_config *cfg, const wchar_t *filename)
 {
@@ -46,17 +47,23 @@ void vfs_config_load(struct vfs_config *cfg, const wchar_t *filename)
     GetPrivateProfileStringW(
         L"vfs",
         L"path",
-        L"",
+        L"\0",
         cfg->path,
         _countof(cfg->path),
         filename);
     
     len = wcslen(cfg->path);
+    
+    if (cfg->path[0] == L'\0') {
+        dprintf("No vfs folder specified, using default 'vfs' at CWD\n");
+        GetCurrentDirectoryW(_countof(cfg->path), cfg->path);
+        wcscat_s(cfg->path, _countof(cfg->path), L"vfs");
+    }
 
     if (cfg->path[len - 2] != '\\' && cfg->path[len - 2] != '/') { // -2 for null terminator
         StringCbCatW(cfg->path, sizeof(cfg->path), L"\\\0");
     }
-
+    
     wcscpy_s(cfg->d, sizeof(cfg->d), cfg->path);
     wcscpy_s(cfg->e, sizeof(cfg->d), cfg->path);
     wcscpy_s(cfg->f, sizeof(cfg->d), cfg->path);
diff --git a/platform/vfs.c b/platform/vfs.c
index 43bb247..32b1171 100644
--- a/platform/vfs.c
+++ b/platform/vfs.c
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ HRESULT vfs_hook_init(const struct vfs_config *config)
 
     memcpy(&vfs_config, config, sizeof(*config));
 
-    if (config->path[0] == L'\0') {
-        dprintf("No vfs folder specified, using default 'vfs' at CWD\n");
-        wcscpy_s(vfs_config.path, _countof(config->path), L"vfs");
-    }
-
     vfs_fixup_path(vfs_config.path, _countof(vfs_config.path));
     vfs_fixup_path(vfs_config.d, _countof(vfs_config.d));
     vfs_fixup_path(vfs_config.e, _countof(vfs_config.e));