diff --git a/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginBase.php b/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginBase.php
index 3001b0a426..bba7231e9d 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginBase.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginBase.php
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ abstract class PluginBase implements Plugin{
 	}
 
 	public function reloadConfig(){
+		@mkdir($this->dataFolder);
 		$this->config = new Config($this->configFile);
 		if(($configStream = $this->getResource("config.yml")) !== null){
 			$this->config->setDefaults(yaml_parse(Config::fixYAMLIndexes(stream_get_contents($configStream))));