diff --git a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
index 0089f77e..196d3280 100755
--- a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
@@ -100,24 +100,6 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 
         public override void Initialize()
         {
-            if (!Directory.Exists(SavePath))
-            {
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(SavePath);
-            }
-            if (File.Exists(Path.Combine(SavePath, "tshock.pid")))
-            {
-                Log.ConsoleInfo("TShock was improperly shut down. Deleting invalid pid file...");
-                File.Delete(Path.Combine(SavePath, "tshock.pid"));
-            }
-
-            TShockProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
-            int pid = TShockProcess.Id;
-            TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(Path.Combine(SavePath, "tshock.pid"));
-            tw.Write(pid);
-            tw.Close();
-
-            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += CurrentDomain_UnhandledException;
-
 #if DEBUG
             Log.Initialize(Path.Combine(SavePath, "log.txt"), LogLevel.All, false);
 #else
@@ -125,17 +107,23 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 #endif
             AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += CurrentDomain_UnhandledException;
 
-            Backups = new BackupManager(Path.Combine(SavePath, "backups"));
+            if (!Directory.Exists(SavePath))
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(SavePath);
+            }
+
+            if (File.Exists(Path.Combine(SavePath, "tshock.pid")))
+            {
+                Log.ConsoleInfo("TShock was improperly shut down. Deleting invalid pid file...");
+                File.Delete(Path.Combine(SavePath, "tshock.pid"));
+            }
+            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(SavePath, "tshock.pid"), Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id.ToString());
 
             ConfigFile.ConfigRead += OnConfigRead;
             FileTools.SetupConfig();
 
             HandleCommandLine(Environment.GetCommandLineArgs());
 
-            Backups = new BackupManager(Path.Combine(SavePath, "backups"));
-
-            FileTools.SetupConfig();
-
             if (Config.StorageType.ToLower() == "sqlite")
             {
                 string sql = Path.Combine(SavePath, "tshock.sqlite");
@@ -168,6 +156,7 @@ namespace TShockAPI
                 throw new Exception("Invalid storage type");
             }
 
+            Backups = new BackupManager(Path.Combine(SavePath, "backups"));
             Bans = new BanManager(DB);
             Warps = new WarpManager(DB);
             Users = new UserManager(DB);