diff --git a/gaphor/misc/resource.py b/gaphor/misc/resource.py
index 3ff4228f4..fa3d0dcdd 100644
--- a/gaphor/misc/resource.py
+++ b/gaphor/misc/resource.py
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ class FileBackend(object):
     def __init__(self):
         pass
 
-    def get_filename(self, datadir):
-        if not os.path.exists(datadir):
+    def get_filename(self, datadir, create=False):
+        if create and not os.path.exists(datadir):
             os.mkdir(datadir)
         return os.path.join(datadir, self.RESOURCE_FILE)
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class FileBackend(object):
         @resource is the Resource instance
         @persistent is a list of persistent resource names.
         """
-        filename = self.get_filename(resource('UserDataDir'))
+        filename = self.get_filename(resource('UserDataDir'), create=True)
         f = open(filename, 'w')
         persist = dict([(k, v) for k, v in resource._items() if k in persistent])
         pprint.pprint(persist, f)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 39f3fd8d6..06def8f92 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies.
 Run 'python setup.py run' to start Gaphor directly (without install).
 """
 
-VERSION = '0.10.2'
+VERSION = '0.10.3'
 
 import sys
 sys.path.insert(0, '.')