diff --git a/src/citra_qt/config.cpp b/src/citra_qt/config.cpp
index 8e247ff5c..b0d22ff02 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/config.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/config.cpp
@@ -9,13 +9,17 @@
 #include "citra_qt/config.h"
 
 #include "common/file_util.h"
+#include "common/logging/log.h"
 #include "core/settings.h"
 
 Config::Config() {
 
     // TODO: Don't hardcode the path; let the frontend decide where to put the config files.
     qt_config_loc = FileUtil::GetUserPath(D_CONFIG_IDX) + "qt-config.ini";
-    FileUtil::CreateFullPath(qt_config_loc);
+    if (!FileUtil::Exists(qt_config_loc))
+        FileUtil::CreateFullPath(qt_config_loc);
+    else
+        LOG_INFO(Config, "Configuration loaded.");
     qt_config = new QSettings(QString::fromStdString(qt_config_loc), QSettings::IniFormat);
 
     Reload();
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/main.cpp b/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
index 32cceaf7e..3ae9dce07 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/main.cpp
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ GMainWindow::GMainWindow() : emu_thread(nullptr)
     GDBStub::SetServerPort(static_cast<u32>(Settings::values.gdbstub_port));
 
     ui.action_Use_Hardware_Renderer->setChecked(Settings::values.use_hw_renderer);
-    SetHardwareRendererEnabled(ui.action_Use_Hardware_Renderer->isChecked());
+    VideoCore::g_hw_renderer_enabled = ui.action_Use_Hardware_Renderer->isChecked();
 
     ui.action_Use_Shader_JIT->setChecked(Settings::values.use_shader_jit);
-    SetShaderJITEnabled(ui.action_Use_Shader_JIT->isChecked());
+    VideoCore::g_shader_jit_enabled = ui.action_Use_Shader_JIT->isChecked();
 
     ui.action_Single_Window_Mode->setChecked(settings.value("singleWindowMode", true).toBool());
     ToggleWindowMode();