diff --git a/src/config.py b/src/config.py
index 09959437..4201be4d 100644
--- a/src/config.py
+++ b/src/config.py
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ if not CONFIG_HOME:
     CONFIG_HOME = environ.get('HOME')+'/.config'
 CONFIG_PATH = CONFIG_HOME + '/poezio/'
 
-try:makedirs(CONFIG_PATH)
+try:
+    makedirs(CONFIG_PATH)
+    copy2('../data/default_config.cfg', CONFIG_PATH+'poezio.cfg')
 except:pass
-copy2('../data/default_config.cfg', CONFIG_PATH+'poezio.cfg')
+
 
 config = Config(CONFIG_PATH+'poezio.cfg')