diff --git a/source/src/command.cpp b/source/src/command.cpp
index 6599c657..2711645e 100644
--- a/source/src/command.cpp
+++ b/source/src/command.cpp
@@ -369,8 +369,7 @@ int rndn(int a)    { return a>0 ? rnd(a) : 0; }  COMMANDN(rnd, rndn, ARG_1EXP);
 
 void writecfg()
 {
-    s_sprintfd(cfgname)("config%csaved.cfg", PATHDIV);
-    FILE *f = openfile(cfgname, "w");
+    FILE *f = openfile(path("config/saved.cfg", true), "w");
     if(!f) return;
     fprintf(f, "// automatically written on exit, DO NOT MODIFY\n// delete this file to have defaults.cfg overwrite these settings\n// modify settings in game, or put settings in autoexec.cfg to override anything\n\n");
     fprintf(f, "name %s\nskin %d\n", player1->name, player1->nextskin);
diff --git a/source/src/docs.cpp b/source/src/docs.cpp
index 06412076..37263579 100644
--- a/source/src/docs.cpp
+++ b/source/src/docs.cpp
@@ -228,8 +228,7 @@ char *xmlstringenc(char *d, const char *s, size_t len)
 
 void docwritebaseref(char *ref, char *schemalocation, char *transformation)
 {
-    s_sprintfd(outfile)("docs%cautogenerated_base_reference.xml", PATHDIV);
-    FILE *f = openfile(outfile, "w");
+    FILE *f = openfile(path("docs/autogenerated_base_reference.xml", true), "w");
     if(!f) return;
     char desc[] = "<description>TODO: Description</description>";
 
diff --git a/source/src/main.cpp b/source/src/main.cpp
index 14a41c3d..6a774dd5 100644
--- a/source/src/main.cpp
+++ b/source/src/main.cpp
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ VARF(vsync, -1, -1, 1, initwarning());
 
 void writeinitcfg()
 {
-    s_sprintfd(fn)("config%cinit.cfg", PATHDIV);
-    FILE *f = openfile(fn, "w");
+    FILE *f = openfile(path("config/init.cfg", true), "w");
     if(!f) return;
     fprintf(f, "// automatically written on exit, DO NOT MODIFY\n// modify settings in game\n");
     fprintf(f, "scr_w %d\n", scr_w);