diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 03f6f5dc7..52b31771c 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-* Unreleased - Christophe Dumez <chris@qbittorrent.org> - v2.0.2
+* Fri Dec 18 2009 - Christophe Dumez <chris@qbittorrent.org> - v2.0.2
+    - BUGFIX: Fix .qbittorrent folder not being created (critical bug introduced in v2.0.1 that makes qBittorrent unusuable for new users)
     - BUGFIX: Fix RSS Feed downloader for some feeds
     - BUGFIX: Do not use home folder as a fallback when the save path is not accessible
     - BUGFIX: Fix Mininova, ThePirateBay search engine plugins
diff --git a/src/Icons/skin/splash.png b/src/Icons/skin/splash.png
index 5982468fc..9dedc52b7 100644
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diff --git a/src/misc.h b/src/misc.h
index 80ecf3284..0cbc41630 100644
--- a/src/misc.h
+++ b/src/misc.h
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ public:
   // return qBittorrent config path
   static QString qBittorrentPath() {
     QString qBtPath = QDir::homePath()+QDir::separator()+QString::fromUtf8(".qbittorrent") + QDir::separator();
+    // Create dir if it does not exist
+    if(!QFile::exists(qBtPath)){
+      QDir dir(qBtPath);
+      dir.mkpath(qBtPath);
+    }
     return qBtPath;
   }