diff --git a/TShockAPI/DB/GroupManager.cs b/TShockAPI/DB/GroupManager.cs
index f9072f76..3f2ad3d5 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/DB/GroupManager.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/DB/GroupManager.cs
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@ namespace TShockAPI.DB
             groups = new List<Group>();
             groups.Add(new SuperAdminGroup());
 
-            if (TShock.Users == null)
-            {
-                TShock.Users = new UserManager(TShock.DB);
-            }
-
             try
             {
                 using (var com = database.CreateCommand())
diff --git a/TShockAPI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/TShockAPI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index c352d1c7..b4cc748c 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 // by using the '*' as shown below:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
 
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.1.0.0722")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("3.1.0.0722")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("3.1.0.0723")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("3.1.0.0723")]
diff --git a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
index 196d3280..d64efad6 100755
--- a/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/TShock.cs
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 
         public override void Initialize()
         {
+            if (!Directory.Exists(SavePath))
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(SavePath);
+
 #if DEBUG
             Log.Initialize(Path.Combine(SavePath, "log.txt"), LogLevel.All, false);
 #else
@@ -107,10 +110,6 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 #endif
             AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += CurrentDomain_UnhandledException;
 
-            if (!Directory.Exists(SavePath))
-            {
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(SavePath);
-            }
 
             if (File.Exists(Path.Combine(SavePath, "tshock.pid")))
             {