diff --git a/pesterchum-update-from3.14.nsi b/pesterchum-update-from3.14.nsi
index a4451d5..1dac4b0 100644
--- a/pesterchum-update-from3.14.nsi
+++ b/pesterchum-update-from3.14.nsi
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Section "Pesterchum"
   CreateShortcut "$DESKTOP\Pesterchum.lnk" "$INSTDIR\pesterchum.exe"
   CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\Pesterchum\Readme.lnk" "$INSTDIR\readme.txt"
   CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\Pesterchum\Uninstall.lnk" "$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe"
-  CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\Pesterchum\Logs.lnk" "$INSTDIR\logs"
+  CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\Pesterchum\Logs.lnk" "$LOCALAPPDATA\pesterchum\logs"
 
   Goto done
 
diff --git a/pesterchum.nsi b/pesterchum.nsi
index d43aac7..60363c5 100644
--- a/pesterchum.nsi
+++ b/pesterchum.nsi
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Section "Pesterchum"
   CreateShortcut "$DESKTOP\Pesterchum.lnk" "$INSTDIR\pesterchum.exe"
   CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\Pesterchum\Readme.lnk" "$INSTDIR\readme.txt"
   CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\Pesterchum\Uninstall.lnk" "$INSTDIR\uninstall.exe"
-  CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\Pesterchum\Logs.lnk" "$INSTDIR\logs"
+  CreateShortcut "$SMPROGRAMS\Pesterchum\Logs.lnk" "$LOCALAPPDATA\pesterchum\logs"
 
 SectionEnd
 
diff --git a/profile.py b/profile.py
index 65dc4d5..224f834 100644
--- a/profile.py
+++ b/profile.py
@@ -54,7 +54,14 @@ class PesterLog(object):
             for (format, t) in modes.iteritems():
                 if not os.path.exists("%s/%s/%s/%s" % (self.logpath, self.handle, handle, format)):
                     os.makedirs("%s/%s/%s/%s" % (self.logpath, self.handle, handle, format))
-                fp = codecs.open("%s/%s/%s/%s/%s.%s.txt" % (self.logpath, self.handle, handle, format, handle, time), encoding='utf-8', mode='a')
+                try:
+                    fp = codecs.open("%s/%s/%s/%s/%s.%s.txt" % (self.logpath, self.handle, handle, format, handle, time), encoding='utf-8', mode='a')
+                except IOError:
+                    msg = QtGui.QMessageBox(self)
+                    msg.setText("Warning: Pesterchum could not open the log file for %s!" % (handle))
+                    msg.setInformativeText("Your log for %s will not be saved because something went wrong. We suggest restarting Pesterchum. Sorry :(" % (handle))
+                    msg.show()
+                    continue
                 self.convos[handle][format] = fp
         for (format, t) in modes.iteritems():
             f = self.convos[handle][format]