diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b11554..028b045 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 VERSION_MINOR = 26
-PATCHLEVEL = 0
+PATCHLEVEL = 1
 
 MAKEFLAGS +=-j$(NUM_CORES) -l$(NUM_CORES)
 
diff --git a/src/runtime_options.c b/src/runtime_options.c
index ac865c6..962c747 100644
--- a/src/runtime_options.c
+++ b/src/runtime_options.c
@@ -92,13 +92,16 @@ void get_absolute_config_dir( char* source, char* dest ) {
 
 static inline void normalize_filenames( void ) {
     struct stat st;
-    int normalized_config_path_exist = 0;
+    int normalized_config_path_exist = 1;
 
     get_absolute_config_dir( configDir, normalized_config_path );
+    if ( verbose )
+        fprintf( stderr, "normalized_config_path: %s\n",
+                 normalized_config_path );
 
     if ( stat( normalized_config_path, &st ) == -1 )
         if ( errno == ENOENT )
-            normalized_config_path_exist = 1;
+            normalized_config_path_exist = 0;
 
     if ( romFileName[ 0 ] == '/' )
         strcpy( normalized_rom_path, "" );