diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c047966d1..b4cc993ab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ UI/Web/dist/
 /API/config/backups/
 /API/config/cache/
 /API/config/temp/
+/API/config/stats/
 /API/config/kavita.db
 /API/config/kavita.db-shm
 /API/config/kavita.db-wal
@@ -514,5 +515,6 @@ UI/Web/dist/
 /API/config/Hangfire-log.db
 API/config/covers/
 API/config/*.db
+API/config/stats/*
 
 UI/Web/.vscode/settings.json
diff --git a/API/Data/MigrateConfigFiles.cs b/API/Data/MigrateConfigFiles.cs
index 8b108b98e..c17b2d695 100644
--- a/API/Data/MigrateConfigFiles.cs
+++ b/API/Data/MigrateConfigFiles.cs
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ namespace API.Data
 
                 CopyAppFolders();
                 DeleteAppFolders();
-                
+
                 UpdateConfiguration();
 
                 Console.WriteLine("Migration complete. All config files are now in config/ directory");
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (!new FileInfo(Path.Join(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "appsettings.json")).Exists)
+            if (new FileInfo(Configuration.AppSettingsFilename).Exists)
             {
                 Console.WriteLine("Migration to config/ not needed");
                 return;
@@ -63,12 +63,20 @@ namespace API.Data
             Console.WriteLine($"Creating {ConfigDirectory}");
             DirectoryService.ExistOrCreate(ConfigDirectory);
 
-            CopyLooseLeafFiles();
+            try
+            {
+                CopyLooseLeafFiles();
 
-            CopyAppFolders();
+                CopyAppFolders();
 
-            // Then we need to update the config file to point to the new DB file
-            UpdateConfiguration();
+                // Then we need to update the config file to point to the new DB file
+                UpdateConfiguration();
+            }
+            catch (Exception)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine("There was an exception during migration. Please move everything manually.");
+                return;
+            }
 
             // Finally delete everything in the source directory
             Console.WriteLine("Removing old files");
@@ -99,13 +107,15 @@ namespace API.Data
         private static void CopyAppFolders()
         {
             Console.WriteLine("Moving folders to config");
-            foreach (var folderToMove in AppFolders)
-            {
-                if (new DirectoryInfo(Path.Join(ConfigDirectory, folderToMove)).Exists) continue;
 
-                DirectoryService.CopyDirectoryToDirectory(Path.Join(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), folderToMove),
-                    Path.Join(ConfigDirectory, folderToMove));
-            }
+                foreach (var folderToMove in AppFolders)
+                {
+                    if (new DirectoryInfo(Path.Join(ConfigDirectory, folderToMove)).Exists) continue;
+
+                    DirectoryService.CopyDirectoryToDirectory(Path.Join(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), folderToMove),
+                        Path.Join(ConfigDirectory, folderToMove));
+                }
+
 
             Console.WriteLine("Moving folders to config...DONE");
         }
diff --git a/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs b/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs
index f770a3065..1a067a706 100644
--- a/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs
@@ -136,13 +136,10 @@ namespace API.Services
        /// <param name="searchPattern">Defaults to *, meaning all files</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        /// <exception cref="DirectoryNotFoundException"></exception>
-       public static bool CopyDirectoryToDirectory(string sourceDirName, string destDirName, string searchPattern = "*")
+       public static bool CopyDirectoryToDirectory(string sourceDirName, string destDirName, string searchPattern = "")
        {
          if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sourceDirName)) return false;
 
-         var di = new DirectoryInfo(sourceDirName);
-         if (!di.Exists) return false;
-
          // Get the subdirectories for the specified directory.
          var dir = new DirectoryInfo(sourceDirName);
 
@@ -156,7 +153,7 @@ namespace API.Services
          var dirs = dir.GetDirectories();
 
          // If the destination directory doesn't exist, create it.
-         Directory.CreateDirectory(destDirName);
+         ExistOrCreate(destDirName);
 
          // Get the files in the directory and copy them to the new location.
          var files = GetFilesWithExtension(dir.FullName, searchPattern).Select(n => new FileInfo(n));
diff --git a/Kavita.Common/Configuration.cs b/Kavita.Common/Configuration.cs
index f5f995fce..6e6899f3f 100644
--- a/Kavita.Common/Configuration.cs
+++ b/Kavita.Common/Configuration.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Kavita.Common
 {
     public static class Configuration
     {
-        private static readonly string AppSettingsFilename = Path.Join("config", GetAppSettingFilename());
+        public static readonly string AppSettingsFilename = Path.Join("config", GetAppSettingFilename());
 
         public static string Branch
         {