diff --git a/Pal.Client/Configuration/ConfigurationData.cs b/Pal.Client/Configuration/ConfigurationData.cs
index cdb341c..9fc3536 100644
--- a/Pal.Client/Configuration/ConfigurationData.cs
+++ b/Pal.Client/Configuration/ConfigurationData.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ namespace Pal.Client.Configuration
         [Obsolete("for V1 import")]
         internal static readonly byte[] FixedV1Entropy = { 0x22, 0x4b, 0xe7, 0x21, 0x44, 0x83, 0x69, 0x55, 0x80, 0x38 };
 
+        public const string ConfigFileName = "palace-pal.config.json";
+
         private static bool? _supportsDpapi = null;
         public static bool SupportsDpapi
         {
diff --git a/Pal.Client/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs b/Pal.Client/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs
index f8c584f..4b75aa8 100644
--- a/Pal.Client/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs
+++ b/Pal.Client/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.cs
@@ -23,17 +23,25 @@ namespace Pal.Client.Configuration
 
         public event EventHandler<IPalacePalConfiguration>? Saved;
 
-        public ConfigurationManager(ILogger<ConfigurationManager> logger, DalamudPluginInterface pluginInterface, IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
+        public ConfigurationManager(ILogger<ConfigurationManager> logger, DalamudPluginInterface pluginInterface,
+            IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
         {
             _logger = logger;
             _pluginInterface = pluginInterface;
             _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
         }
 
-        private string ConfigPath => Path.Join(_pluginInterface.GetPluginConfigDirectory(), "palace-pal.config.json");
+        private string ConfigPath =>
+            Path.Join(_pluginInterface.GetPluginConfigDirectory(), ConfigurationData.ConfigFileName);
 
         public IPalacePalConfiguration Load()
         {
+            if (!File.Exists(ConfigPath))
+            {
+                _logger.LogInformation("No config file exists, creating one");
+                Save(new ConfigurationV7(), false);
+            }
+
             return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ConfigurationV7>(File.ReadAllText(ConfigPath, Encoding.UTF8)) ??
                    new ConfigurationV7();
         }
@@ -61,7 +69,8 @@ namespace Pal.Client.Configuration
                 ConfigurationV1 configurationV1 =
                     NJson.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ConfigurationV1>(
                         File.ReadAllText(_pluginInterface.ConfigFile.FullName)) ?? new ConfigurationV1();
-                configurationV1.Migrate(_pluginInterface, _serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ILogger<ConfigurationV1>>());
+                configurationV1.Migrate(_pluginInterface,
+                    _serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ILogger<ConfigurationV1>>());
                 configurationV1.Save(_pluginInterface);
 
                 var v7 = MigrateToV7(configurationV1);
diff --git a/Pal.Client/DependencyContextInitializer.cs b/Pal.Client/DependencyContextInitializer.cs
index 0723736..5af93c4 100644
--- a/Pal.Client/DependencyContextInitializer.cs
+++ b/Pal.Client/DependencyContextInitializer.cs
@@ -43,20 +43,21 @@ namespace Pal.Client
 
             _logger.LogInformation("Starting async init");
 
-            await RemoveOldBackups();
-            await CreateBackups();
+            await CreateBackup();
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
             await RunMigrations(cancellationToken);
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-            await RunCleanup();
-            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-
             // v1 migration: config migration for import history, json migration for markers
             _serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<ConfigurationManager>().Migrate();
             await _serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<JsonMigration>().MigrateAsync(cancellationToken);
+            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
+            await RunCleanup();
+            cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+            await RemoveOldBackups();
             cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
             // windows that have logic to open on startup
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ namespace Pal.Client
             }
         }
 
-        private async Task CreateBackups()
+        private async Task CreateBackup()
         {
             await using var scope = _serviceProvider.CreateAsyncScope();