diff --git a/prboom2/src/SDL/i_system.c b/prboom2/src/SDL/i_system.c
index 26578a25a..c1a86e84e 100644
--- a/prboom2/src/SDL/i_system.c
+++ b/prboom2/src/SDL/i_system.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ const char *I_ConfigDir(void)
 #endif
     }
 
-    M_MakeDir(base, true); // Make sure it exists
+    M_MakeDir(base, false);
   }
 
   return base;
diff --git a/prboom2/src/dsda/data_organizer.c b/prboom2/src/dsda/data_organizer.c
index 00b095b3a..da319e2c6 100644
--- a/prboom2/src/dsda/data_organizer.c
+++ b/prboom2/src/dsda/data_organizer.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ void dsda_InitDataDir(void) {
   dsda_StringPrintF(&str, "%s/%s", parent_directory, dsda_data_root);
 
   dsda_base_data_dir = str.string;
-  M_MakeDir(dsda_base_data_dir, true);
+  M_MakeDir(dsda_base_data_dir, false);
 
   Z_Free(parent_directory);
 }
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static void dsda_InitWadDataDir(void) {
   for (i = 0; i < DATA_DIR_LIMIT; ++i)
     if (dsda_data_dir_strings[i]) {
       dsda_StringCatF(&str, "/%s", dsda_data_dir_strings[i]);
-      M_MakeDir(str.string, true);
+      M_MakeDir(str.string, false);
     }
 
   dsda_wad_data_dir = str.string;
diff --git a/prboom2/src/dsda/tranmap.c b/prboom2/src/dsda/tranmap.c
index 7e9d0476d..01d607bf9 100644
--- a/prboom2/src/dsda/tranmap.c
+++ b/prboom2/src/dsda/tranmap.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static void dsda_InitTranMapBaseDir(void) {
   tranmap_base_dir = Z_Malloc(length);
   snprintf(tranmap_base_dir, length, "%s/tranmaps", data_root);
 
-  M_MakeDir(tranmap_base_dir, true);
+  M_MakeDir(tranmap_base_dir, false);
 }
 
 static void dsda_InitTranMapPaletteDir(void) {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static void dsda_InitTranMapPaletteDir(void) {
   tranmap_palette_dir = Z_Malloc(length);
   snprintf(tranmap_palette_dir, length, "%s/%s", tranmap_base_dir, playpal_cksum.string);
 
-  M_MakeDir(tranmap_palette_dir, true);
+  M_MakeDir(tranmap_palette_dir, false);
 }
 
 //
diff --git a/prboom2/src/dsda/wad_stats.c b/prboom2/src/dsda/wad_stats.c
index 1534c02ac..56c34a4b7 100644
--- a/prboom2/src/dsda/wad_stats.c
+++ b/prboom2/src/dsda/wad_stats.c
@@ -227,7 +227,10 @@ void dsda_SaveWadStats(void) {
 
   file = M_OpenFile(path, "wb");
   if (!file)
-    lprintf(LO_WARN, "dsda_SaveWadStats: Failed to save wad stats file \"%s\".", path);
+  {
+    lprintf(LO_WARN, "dsda_SaveWadStats: Failed to save wad stats file \"%s\".\n", path);
+    return;
+  }
 
   fprintf(file, "%d\n", current_version);
   fprintf(file, "%d\n", wad_stats.total_kills);