diff --git a/src/config.cc b/src/config.cc
index f9cbde28..eeef9f40 100644
--- a/src/config.cc
+++ b/src/config.cc
@@ -872,11 +872,7 @@ ScopedConfig::~ScopedConfig()
     }
 }
 
-bool ScopedConfig::isInitialized() const
-{
-    return _config.isInitialized();
-}
-
+// get returns a pointer to be useful in the config* API above; it cannot be nullptr
 Config* ScopedConfig::get()
 {
     return &_config;
diff --git a/src/loadsave.cc b/src/loadsave.cc
index 256b9d50..e7cc1a7f 100644
--- a/src/loadsave.cc
+++ b/src/loadsave.cc
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static void loadSavePersistSelectedSlot()
     snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s\\%s", _patches, kLoadSaveSlotDataFile);
 
     ScopedConfig config { path, false };
-    if (!config.isInitialized()) {
+    if (!config.get()->isInitialized()) {
         return;
     }