diff --git a/LibationLauncher/Program.cs b/LibationLauncher/Program.cs
index fb36c1d7..a49cdbc6 100644
--- a/LibationLauncher/Program.cs
+++ b/LibationLauncher/Program.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using Serilog;
-using Serilog.Events;
 
 namespace LibationLauncher
 {
@@ -266,18 +265,21 @@ namespace LibationLauncher
 		{
 			{
 				var settingsKey = "DownloadsInProgressEnum";
-				UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.Settings_Update(settingsKey, translatePath(UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.Settings_Get(settingsKey)));
+				if (UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.Settings_TryGet(settingsKey, out var value))
+					UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.Settings_Update(settingsKey, translatePath(value));
 			}
 
 			{
 				var settingsKey = "DecryptInProgressEnum";
-				UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.Settings_Update(settingsKey, translatePath(UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.Settings_Get(settingsKey)));
+				if (UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.Settings_TryGet(settingsKey, out var value))
+					UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.Settings_Update(settingsKey, translatePath(value));
 			}
 
-			UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.AppSettings_Update(
-				UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.LIBATION_FILES_KEY,
-				translatePath(UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.AppSettings_Get(UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.LIBATION_FILES_KEY))
-				);
+			{ // appsettings.json
+				var appSettingsKey = UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.LIBATION_FILES_KEY;
+				if (UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.AppSettings_TryGet(appSettingsKey, out var value))
+					UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.AppSettings_Update(appSettingsKey, translatePath(value));
+			}
 		}
 
 		private static string translatePath(string path)
diff --git a/LibationLauncher/UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.cs b/LibationLauncher/UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.cs
index 1fd9f282..d4f830c7 100644
--- a/LibationLauncher/UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.cs
+++ b/LibationLauncher/UNSAFE_MigrationHelper.cs
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@ namespace LibationLauncher
 
 		public static bool AppSettingsJson_Exists => File.Exists(APPSETTINGS_JSON);
 
-		public static string AppSettings_Get(string key)
+		public static bool AppSettings_TryGet(string key, out string value)
 		{
 			bool success = false;
 			JToken val = null;
 
 			process_AppSettingsJson(jObj => success = jObj.TryGetValue(key, out val), false);
 
-			if (success)
-				return val.Value<string>();
-			return null;
+			value = success ? val.Value<string>() : null;
+			return success;
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>only insert if not exists</summary>
@@ -80,22 +79,21 @@ namespace LibationLauncher
 		{
 			get
 			{
-				var value = AppSettings_Get(LIBATION_FILES_KEY);
-				return value is null ? null : Path.Combine(value, SETTINGS_JSON);
+				var success = AppSettings_TryGet(LIBATION_FILES_KEY, out var value);
+				return !success || value is null ? null : Path.Combine(value, SETTINGS_JSON);
 			}
 		}
 		public static bool SettingsJson_Exists => SettingsJsonPath is not null && File.Exists(SettingsJsonPath);
 
-		public static string Settings_Get(string key)
+		public static bool Settings_TryGet(string key, out string value)
 		{
 			bool success = false;
 			JToken val = null;
 
 			process_SettingsJson(jObj => success = jObj.TryGetValue(key, out val), false);
 
-			if (success)
-				return val.Value<string>();
-			return null;
+			value = success ? val.Value<string>() : null;
+			return success;
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>only insert if not exists</summary>