diff --git a/Utilities/File.cpp b/Utilities/File.cpp
index a640d43ff6..8ef949a65e 100644
--- a/Utilities/File.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/File.cpp
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ bool fs::is_file(const std::string& file)
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	DWORD attrs;
-	const std::string path = fmt::replace_all(file, "/", "\\");
-	if ((attrs = GetFileAttributesW(to_wchar(path).get())) == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
+	if ((attrs = GetFileAttributesW(to_wchar(file).get())) == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
 	{
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -191,8 +190,7 @@ bool fs::is_dir(const std::string& dir)
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	DWORD attrs;
-	const std::string path = fmt::replace_all(dir, "/", "\\");
-	if ((attrs = GetFileAttributesW(to_wchar(path).get())) == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
+	if ((attrs = GetFileAttributesW(to_wchar(dir).get())) == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES)
 	{
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -214,8 +212,7 @@ bool fs::create_dir(const std::string& dir)
 	g_tls_error = fse::ok;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-	const std::string path = fmt::replace_all(dir, "/", "\\");
-	if (!CreateDirectoryW(to_wchar(path).get(), NULL))
+	if (!CreateDirectoryW(to_wchar(dir).get(), NULL))
 #else
 	if (mkdir(dir.c_str(), 0777))
 #endif
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
index 16d2cbba9c..36aceeac50 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
@@ -191,24 +191,10 @@ void Emulator::Load()
 	ResetInfo();
 	GetVFS().Init(elf_dir);
 
-	// load custom config as global
-	if (!Ini.UseDefaultIni.GetValue())
-	{
-		std::string& name = PSFLoader{ vfsFile{ "/app_home/../PARAM.SFO" } }.GetString("TITLE_ID");
-		if (name.size())
-		{
-			name = name.substr(0, 4) + "-" + name.substr(4, 5);
-			CreateConfig(name);
-			rpcs3::config.path("data/" + name + "/" + name + ".ini");
-			rpcs3::config.load();
-		}
-	}
-
 	// TODO: use state configuration instead of global config
 	rpcs3::state.config = rpcs3::config;
 
 	LOG_NOTICE(LOADER, "Loading '%s'...", m_path.c_str());
-	LOG_NOTICE(LOADER, "Used configuration: '%s'", rpcs3::config.path().c_str());
 
 	// /dev_bdvd/ mounting
 	vfsFile f("/app_home/../dev_bdvd.path");
@@ -276,6 +262,21 @@ void Emulator::Load()
 	title.length() ? SetTitle(title) : SetTitle(m_path);
 	SetTitleID(title_id);
 
+	// load custom config as global
+	if (!Ini.UseDefaultIni.GetValue())
+	{
+		std::string& name = title_id;
+		if (name.size())
+		{
+			name = name.substr(0, 4) + "-" + name.substr(4, 5);
+			CreateConfig(name);
+			rpcs3::config.path("data/" + name + "/" + name + ".ini");
+			rpcs3::config.load();
+		}
+	}
+
+	LOG_NOTICE(LOADER, "Used configuration: '%s'", rpcs3::config.path().c_str());
+
 	if (m_elf_path.empty())
 	{
 		GetVFS().GetDeviceLocal(m_path, m_elf_path);