diff --git a/files/src/modules/config_io.js b/files/src/modules/config_io.js
index 51da48e0..4a2a3362 100644
--- a/files/src/modules/config_io.js
+++ b/files/src/modules/config_io.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 const querystring = require("querystring");
 
+const debork_json = require("./debork_json");
+
 exports.filename = "config.json";
 
 // To avoid using "remote", we rely on the main process passing userData location in the query...
@@ -233,18 +235,6 @@ function fix(cfg) {
 	}
 }
 
-function debork_json(s) {
-
-	// We used to fix JSON containing single \ characters in paths, but now all
-	// that really needs to be done is to convert totally blank files into {}
-
-	if (s.length < 50 && s.trim() === "") {
-		return "{}";
-	}
-
-	return s;
-}
-
 exports.load = () => {
 
 	let cfg = new Config();
@@ -253,7 +243,13 @@ exports.load = () => {
 
 	try {
 		if (fs.existsSync(exports.filepath)) {
-			Object.assign(cfg, JSON.parse(debork_json(fs.readFileSync(exports.filepath, "utf8"))));
+			let raw = fs.readFileSync(exports.filepath, "utf8");
+			try {
+				Object.assign(cfg, JSON.parse(raw));
+			} catch (err) {
+				console.log(exports.filename, err.toString(), "...trying to debork...");
+				Object.assign(cfg, JSON.parse(debork_json(raw)));
+			}
 		}
 	} catch (err) {
 		console.log(err.toString());							// alert() might not be available.
diff --git a/files/src/modules/debork_json.js b/files/src/modules/debork_json.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c9d1883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/src/modules/debork_json.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+"use strict";
+
+function replace_all(s, search, replace) {
+	if (!s.includes(search)) {					// Seems to improve speed overall.
+		return s;
+	}
+	return s.split(search).join(replace);
+}
+
+function debork_json(s) {
+
+	// Convert totally blank files into {}
+
+	if (s.length < 50 && s.trim() === "") {
+		s = "{}";
+	}
+
+	// Replace fruity quote characters. Note that these could exist in legit JSON,
+	// which is why we only call this function if the first parse fails...
+
+	s = replace_all(s, '“', '"');
+	s = replace_all(s, '”', '"');
+
+	// Replace single \ characters
+
+	s = replace_all(s, "\\\\", "correct_zbcyg278gfdakjadjk");
+	s = replace_all(s, "\\", "\\\\");
+	s = replace_all(s, "correct_zbcyg278gfdakjadjk", "\\\\");
+
+	return s;
+}
+
+module.exports = debork_json;
diff --git a/files/src/modules/engineconfig_io.js b/files/src/modules/engineconfig_io.js
index c2f7e7f1..694f2c14 100644
--- a/files/src/modules/engineconfig_io.js
+++ b/files/src/modules/engineconfig_io.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 const querystring = require("querystring");
 
+const debork_json = require("./debork_json");
+
 exports.filename = "engines.json";
 
 // To avoid using "remote", we rely on the main process passing userData location in the query...
@@ -44,18 +46,6 @@ function fix(cfg) {
 	}
 }
 
-function debork_json(s) {
-
-	// We used to fix JSON containing single \ characters in paths, but now all
-	// that really needs to be done is to convert totally blank files into {}
-
-	if (s.length < 50 && s.trim() === "") {
-		return "{}";
-	}
-
-	return s;
-}
-
 exports.newentry = () => {
 	return {
 		"args": [],
@@ -74,7 +64,13 @@ exports.load = () => {
 
 	try {
 		if (fs.existsSync(exports.filepath)) {
-			Object.assign(cfg, JSON.parse(debork_json(fs.readFileSync(exports.filepath, "utf8"))));
+			let raw = fs.readFileSync(exports.filepath, "utf8");
+			try {
+				Object.assign(cfg, JSON.parse(raw))
+			} catch (err) {
+				console.log(exports.filename, err.toString(), "...trying to debork...");
+				Object.assign(cfg, JSON.parse(debork_json(raw)));
+			}
 		}
 	} catch (err) {
 		console.log(err.toString());							// alert() might not be available.