diff --git a/TShockAPI/FileTools.cs b/TShockAPI/FileTools.cs
index ba6a9272..314c7c5a 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/FileTools.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/FileTools.cs
@@ -108,7 +108,10 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 				TShock.Config = ConfigFile.Read(ConfigPath);
 				// Add all the missing config properties in the json file
 			}
-			TShock.Config.Write(ConfigPath);
+			else
+			{
+				TShock.Config.Write(ConfigPath);
+			}
 
 			if (File.Exists(ServerSideCharacterConfigPath))
 			{
@@ -127,8 +130,8 @@ namespace TShockAPI
 							new NetItem(-16, 1, 0)
 						}
 				};
+				TShock.ServerSideCharacterConfig.Write(ServerSideCharacterConfigPath);
 			}
-			TShock.ServerSideCharacterConfig.Write(ServerSideCharacterConfigPath);
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
diff --git a/TShockAPI/ServerSideCharacters/ServerSideConfig.cs b/TShockAPI/ServerSideCharacters/ServerSideConfig.cs
index 31d5caac..b1c6f6da 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/ServerSideCharacters/ServerSideConfig.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/ServerSideCharacters/ServerSideConfig.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ namespace TShockAPI.ServerSideCharacters
 
 		public static ServerSideConfig Read(string path)
 		{
-			using (var reader = new StreamReader(path))
+			using (var fileStream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
+			using (var reader = new StreamReader(fileStream))
 			{
 				string txt = reader.ReadToEnd();
 				var config = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ServerSideConfig>(txt);