diff --git a/youtube_dl_gui/OptionsHandler.py b/youtube_dl_gui/OptionsHandler.py
index 6b7c1b8..6e0a673 100644
--- a/youtube_dl_gui/OptionsHandler.py
+++ b/youtube_dl_gui/OptionsHandler.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class OptionsHandler():
         self.username = ""
         self.password = ""
         self.videoPass = ""
-        self.updatePath = abs_path(__file__)
+        self.updatePath = self.get_config_path()
         self.cmdArgs = ""
         self.enableLog = True
         self.writeTimeToLog = True
diff --git a/youtube_dl_gui/UpdateThread.py b/youtube_dl_gui/UpdateThread.py
index ff73504..b95f220 100644
--- a/youtube_dl_gui/UpdateThread.py
+++ b/youtube_dl_gui/UpdateThread.py
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ from wx.lib.pubsub import pub as Publisher
 from threading import Thread
 from urllib2 import urlopen, URLError, HTTPError
 
-from .Utils import fix_path
+from .Utils import (
+    fix_path,
+    file_exist,
+    makedir
+)
 
 LATEST_YOUTUBE_DL = 'https://yt-dl.org/latest/'
 PUBLISHER_TOPIC = 'update'
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ class UpdateThread(Thread):
         self.youtubeDLFile = youtubeDLFile
         self.updatePath = fix_path(updatePath)
         self.url = LATEST_YOUTUBE_DL + youtubeDLFile
+        self.check_path()
         self.start()
 
     def run(self):
@@ -33,3 +38,7 @@ class UpdateThread(Thread):
             msg = 'Youtube-dl download failed ' + str(e)
         CallAfter(Publisher.sendMessage, PUBLISHER_TOPIC, msg)
         CallAfter(Publisher.sendMessage, PUBLISHER_TOPIC, 'finish')
+
+    def check_path(self):
+        if not file_exist(self.updatePath):
+            makedir(self.updatePath)
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