2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e6db76e6..08d3fe47 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ StardewInjector/bin/
 StardewInjector/obj/
 packages/
 steamapps/
-
+
 *.symlink
 *.lnk
 !*.exe
-!*.dll
+!*.dll
 
 ## Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and
 ## files generated by popular Visual Studio add-ons.
diff --git a/src/StardewModdingAPI/ModHelper.cs b/src/StardewModdingAPI/ModHelper.cs
index 1fcc0182..7989be74 100644
--- a/src/StardewModdingAPI/ModHelper.cs
+++ b/src/StardewModdingAPI/ModHelper.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ namespace StardewModdingAPI
             {
                 return null;
             }
+            catch (DirectoryNotFoundException)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
 
             // deserialise model
             TModel model = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TModel>(json);