diff --git a/Rubberduck.SettingsProvider/Persistence/XmlPersistenceService.cs b/Rubberduck.SettingsProvider/Persistence/XmlPersistenceService.cs
index b5f5928f9d..cec656dd6e 100644
--- a/Rubberduck.SettingsProvider/Persistence/XmlPersistenceService.cs
+++ b/Rubberduck.SettingsProvider/Persistence/XmlPersistenceService.cs
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ public override void Save(T toSerialize, string nonDefaultFilePath = null)
                 }
             }
 
-            EnsurePathExists();
+            EnsurePathExists(filePath);
 
-            using (var xml = XmlWriter.Create(FilePath, OutputXmlSettings))
+            using (var xml = XmlWriter.Create(filePath, OutputXmlSettings))
             {
                 doc.WriteTo(xml);
                 Cached = toSerialize;