diff --git a/discorss.py b/discorss.py
index 83c71bd..f0ee41f 100755
--- a/discorss.py
+++ b/discorss.py
@@ -56,30 +56,43 @@ def get_description(feed):
     return desc
 
 
-def main():
-    os.environ["TZ"] = "America/Toronto"
-    time.tzset()
+def setupPaths():
+    global app_config
     # Check for log and config files/paths, create empty directories if needed
     # TODO: make this cleaner
-    try:
-        Path(log_file_path).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    except FileExistsError:
-        print(
-            "The logfile path {} already exists and is not a directory!".format(
-                log_file_path
-            )
-        )
+    if not Path(log_file_path).exists():
+        print("No log file path exists. Yark! We'll try and make {}...", log_dir)
+        try:
+            Path(log_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        except FileExistsError:
+            print("The path {} already exists and is not a directory!".format(log_dir))
     if not Path(config_file_path).exists():
         print(
-            "No config file at {}! Snarf.\n{} was created for you.".format(
+            "No config file at {}! Snarf. We'll try and make {}...".format(
                 config_file_path, config_dir
             )
         )
-        Path(config_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        try:
+            Path(config_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        except FileExistsError:
+            print(
+                "The config dir {} already exists and is not a directory! Please fix manually.".format(
+                    config_dir
+                )
+            )
+            sys.exit(255)
         return
+    # Loading the config file
     with open(config_file_path, "r") as config_file:
         app_config = json.load(config_file)
+    return
+
+
+def main():
+    os.environ["TZ"] = "America/Toronto"
+    time.tzset()
     now = time.mktime(time.localtime())
+    setupPaths()  # Handle the config and log paths
     try:
         last_check = app_config["lastupdate"]
     except KeyError: