diff --git a/AttractVideoPlayer/MU3.OperationManager/patch_OperationManager.cs b/AttractVideoPlayer/MU3.OperationManager/patch_OperationManager.cs
index 5ecafcf..80d8d34 100644
--- a/AttractVideoPlayer/MU3.OperationManager/patch_OperationManager.cs
+++ b/AttractVideoPlayer/MU3.OperationManager/patch_OperationManager.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ class patch_OperationManager: OperationManager {
     ~patch_OperationManager() {
         try {
             File.WriteAllText(_fileName, MovieIndex.ToString());
-        } catch(Exception) { }
+        } catch(Exception ex) {
+            System.Console.WriteLine(ex);
+        }
     }
     public int MovieIndex {
         set {
@@ -41,7 +43,9 @@ class patch_OperationManager: OperationManager {
         orig_initialize();
 
         using IniFile iniFile = new("mu3.ini");
-        _fileName = Path.Combine(iniFile.getValue("Extra", "CacheDir", "."), "data_advert_cache.txt");
+        var dir = iniFile.getValue("Extra", "CacheDir", ".");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
+        _fileName = Path.Combine(dir, "data_advert_cache.txt");
 
         try {
             _movieIndex = Math.Max(0, int.Parse(File.ReadAllText(_fileName)));
diff --git a/LoadBoost/MU3.Data/patch_DataStudioManager.cs b/LoadBoost/MU3.Data/patch_DataStudioManager.cs
index 9cdc010..994354a 100644
--- a/LoadBoost/MU3.Data/patch_DataStudioManager.cs
+++ b/LoadBoost/MU3.Data/patch_DataStudioManager.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ public class patch_DataStudioManager: DataStudioManager {
 
     private static void initCache() {
         using IniFile iniFile = new("mu3.ini");
-        _fileName = Path.Combine(iniFile.getValue("Extra", "CacheDir", "."), "data_cache.bin");
+        var dir = iniFile.getValue("Extra", "CacheDir", ".");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
+        _fileName = Path.Combine(dir, "data_cache.bin");
 
         if(File.Exists(_fileName)) {
             System.Console.WriteLine("Loading data cache...");