diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Shader/DiskCache/BinarySerializer.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Shader/DiskCache/BinarySerializer.cs
index b08c44d671..c4a648fe4d 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Shader/DiskCache/BinarySerializer.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu/Shader/DiskCache/BinarySerializer.cs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Shader.DiskCache
 
             if (algorithm == CompressionAlgorithm.Deflate)
             {
-                _activeStream = new DeflateStream(_stream, CompressionLevel.SmallestSize, true);
+                _activeStream = new DeflateStream(_stream, CompressionLevel.Fastest, true);
             }
         }
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Graphics.Gpu.Shader.DiskCache
                     stream.Write(data);
                     break;
                 case CompressionAlgorithm.Deflate:
-                    stream = new DeflateStream(stream, CompressionLevel.SmallestSize, true);
+                    stream = new DeflateStream(stream, CompressionLevel.Fastest, true);
                     stream.Write(data);
                     stream.Dispose();
                     break;
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.Gtk3/Program.cs b/src/Ryujinx.Gtk3/Program.cs
index f699343135..749cb69786 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.Gtk3/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.Gtk3/Program.cs
@@ -181,21 +181,24 @@ namespace Ryujinx
             {
                 // No configuration, we load the default values and save it to disk
                 ConfigurationPath = appDataConfigurationPath;
+                Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application, $"No configuration file found. Saving default configuration to: {ConfigurationPath}");
 
                 ConfigurationState.Instance.LoadDefault();
                 ConfigurationState.Instance.ToFileFormat().SaveConfig(ConfigurationPath);
             }
             else
             {
+                Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application, $"Loading configuration from: {ConfigurationPath}");
+
                 if (ConfigurationFileFormat.TryLoad(ConfigurationPath, out ConfigurationFileFormat configurationFileFormat))
                 {
                     ConfigurationState.Instance.Load(configurationFileFormat, ConfigurationPath);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    ConfigurationState.Instance.LoadDefault();
+                    Logger.Warning?.PrintMsg(LogClass.Application, $"Failed to load config! Loading the default config instead.\nFailed config location: {ConfigurationPath}");
 
-                    Logger.Warning?.PrintMsg(LogClass.Application, $"Failed to load config! Loading the default config instead.\nFailed config location {ConfigurationPath}");
+                    ConfigurationState.Instance.LoadDefault();
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/App/ApplicationData.cs b/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/App/ApplicationData.cs
index 8cc7238e90..13c05655b6 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/App/ApplicationData.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/App/ApplicationData.cs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.UI.App.Common
 
             if (!System.IO.Path.Exists(titleFilePath))
             {
-                Logger.Error?.Print(LogClass.Application, $"File does not exists. {titleFilePath}");
+                Logger.Error?.Print(LogClass.Application, $"File \"{titleFilePath}\" does not exist.");
                 return string.Empty;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/App/ApplicationLibrary.cs b/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/App/ApplicationLibrary.cs
index 65cf7a9e6d..82783e638a 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/App/ApplicationLibrary.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/App/ApplicationLibrary.cs
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace Ryujinx.UI.App.Common
 
                     if (!Directory.Exists(appDir))
                     {
-                        Logger.Warning?.Print(LogClass.Application, $"The \"game_dirs\" section in \"{ReleaseInformation.ConfigName}\" contains an invalid directory: \"{appDir}\"");
+                        Logger.Warning?.Print(LogClass.Application, $"The specified game directory \"{appDir}\" does not exist.");
 
                         continue;
                     }
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/Configuration/ConfigurationState.cs b/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/Configuration/ConfigurationState.cs
index 01c60a5e23..8420dc5d98 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/Configuration/ConfigurationState.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx.UI.Common/Configuration/ConfigurationState.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ using Ryujinx.UI.Common.Configuration.UI;
 using Ryujinx.UI.Common.Helper;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
 
 namespace Ryujinx.UI.Common.Configuration
@@ -1594,7 +1595,9 @@ namespace Ryujinx.UI.Common.Configuration
 
         private static void LogValueChange<T>(ReactiveEventArgs<T> eventArgs, string valueName)
         {
-            Ryujinx.Common.Logging.Logger.Info?.Print(LogClass.Configuration, $"{valueName} set to: {eventArgs.NewValue}");
+            string message = string.Create(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, $"{valueName} set to: {eventArgs.NewValue}");
+
+            Ryujinx.Common.Logging.Logger.Info?.Print(LogClass.Configuration, message);
         }
 
         public static void Initialize()
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx/Program.cs b/src/Ryujinx/Program.cs
index f925ce154f..4f68ca24f0 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx/Program.cs
@@ -148,21 +148,24 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Ava
             {
                 // No configuration, we load the default values and save it to disk
                 ConfigurationPath = appDataConfigurationPath;
+                Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application, $"No configuration file found. Saving default configuration to: {ConfigurationPath}");
 
                 ConfigurationState.Instance.LoadDefault();
                 ConfigurationState.Instance.ToFileFormat().SaveConfig(ConfigurationPath);
             }
             else
             {
+                Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application, $"Loading configuration from: {ConfigurationPath}");
+
                 if (ConfigurationFileFormat.TryLoad(ConfigurationPath, out ConfigurationFileFormat configurationFileFormat))
                 {
                     ConfigurationState.Instance.Load(configurationFileFormat, ConfigurationPath);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    ConfigurationState.Instance.LoadDefault();
+                    Logger.Warning?.PrintMsg(LogClass.Application, $"Failed to load config! Loading the default config instead.\nFailed config location: {ConfigurationPath}");
 
-                    Logger.Warning?.PrintMsg(LogClass.Application, $"Failed to load config! Loading the default config instead.\nFailed config location {ConfigurationPath}");
+                    ConfigurationState.Instance.LoadDefault();
                 }
             }