diff --git a/ios/RetroArch/RAConfig.m b/ios/RetroArch/RAConfig.m
index 1315144b87..71866b7e03 100644
--- a/ios/RetroArch/RAConfig.m
+++ b/ios/RetroArch/RAConfig.m
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 - (id)initWithPath:(NSString*)path
 {
    _config = config_file_new([path UTF8String]);
+   _config = _config ? _config : config_file_new(0);
    return self;
 }
 
diff --git a/ios/RetroArch/settings/RASettingsList.m b/ios/RetroArch/settings/RASettingsList.m
index d994859d6e..fd9b31d095 100644
--- a/ios/RetroArch/settings/RASettingsList.m
+++ b/ios/RetroArch/settings/RASettingsList.m
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static RASettingData* custom_action(NSString* action)
 @implementation RASettingsList
 + (void)refreshConfigFile
 {
-   [[[RASettingsList alloc] init] writeToDisk];
+   (void)[[RASettingsList alloc] init];
 }
 
 - (id)init