diff --git a/znc.cpp b/znc.cpp
index 74bbe427..38d25fcf 100644
--- a/znc.cpp
+++ b/znc.cpp
@@ -440,6 +440,15 @@ void CZNC::InitDirs(const CString& sArgvPath, const CString& sDataDir) {
 	}
 }
 
+CString CZNC::GetConfPath() const {
+	CString sConfPath = m_sZNCPath + "/configs/";
+	if (!CFile::Exists(sConfPath)) {
+		CDir::MakeDir(sConfPath);
+	}
+
+	return sConfPath;
+}
+
 CString CZNC::GetUserPath() const {
 	CString sUserPath = m_sZNCPath + "/users/";
 	if (!CFile::Exists(sUserPath)) {
@@ -464,12 +473,12 @@ CString CZNC::ExpandConfigPath(const CString& sConfigFile) {
 	CString sRetPath;
 
 	if (sConfigFile.empty()) {
-		sRetPath = GetZNCPath() + "/configs/znc.conf";
+		sRetPath = GetConfPath() + "/znc.conf";
 	} else {
 		if (sConfigFile.Left(2) == "./" || sConfigFile.Left(3) == "../") {
 			sRetPath = GetCurPath() + "/" + sConfigFile;
 		} else if (sConfigFile.Left(1) != "/") {
-			sRetPath = GetZNCPath() + "/configs/" + sConfigFile;
+			sRetPath = GetConfPath() + "/" + sConfigFile;
 		} else {
 			sRetPath = sConfigFile;
 		}
diff --git a/znc.h b/znc.h
index fd4d89e6..32e14955 100644
--- a/znc.h
+++ b/znc.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ public:
 	const CString& GetCurPath() const { if (!CFile::Exists(m_sCurPath)) { CDir::MakeDir(m_sCurPath); } return m_sCurPath; }
 	const CString& GetHomePath() const { if (!CFile::Exists(m_sHomePath)) { CDir::MakeDir(m_sHomePath); } return m_sHomePath; }
 	const CString& GetZNCPath() const { if (!CFile::Exists(m_sZNCPath)) { CDir::MakeDir(m_sZNCPath); } return m_sZNCPath; }
+	CString GetConfPath() const;
 	CString GetUserPath() const;
 	CString GetModPath() const;
 	CString GetPemLocation() const { return GetZNCPath() + "/znc.pem"; }