diff --git a/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginBase.php b/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginBase.php
index 122d17ca0..6127a1f5c 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginBase.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginBase.php
@@ -267,9 +267,7 @@ abstract class PluginBase implements Plugin{
 	}
 
 	public function reloadConfig(){
-		if(!$this->saveDefaultConfig()){
-			@mkdir($this->dataFolder);
-		}
+		$this->saveDefaultConfig();
 		$this->config = new Config($this->configFile);
 		if(($configStream = $this->getResource("config.yml")) !== null){
 			$this->config->setDefaults(yaml_parse(Config::fixYAMLIndexes(stream_get_contents($configStream))));
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginManager.php b/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginManager.php
index 784e2c3cf..2aaee7181 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginManager.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/plugin/PluginManager.php
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ class PluginManager{
 						$this->server->getLogger()->error("Projected dataFolder '" . $dataFolder . "' for " . $description->getName() . " exists and is not a directory");
 						return null;
 					}
+					if(!file_exists($dataFolder)){
+						mkdir($dataFolder, 0777, true);
+					}
 
 					$prefixed = $loader->getAccessProtocol() . $path;
 					$loader->loadPlugin($prefixed);