diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/GlobalRegionManager.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/GlobalRegionManager.java
index 4b0b5e5d..f2690102 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/GlobalRegionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/GlobalRegionManager.java
@@ -149,18 +149,18 @@ public RegionManager load(World world) {
             lastModified.put(name, file.lastModified());
 
             return manager;
-        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-            logger.warning("WorldGuard: Region file for world \""
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { // this should no longer happen hopefully
+            logger.info("WorldGuard: Region file for world \""
                     + name + "\" missing or inaccessible.");
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            logger.warning("WorldGuard: Failed to load regions from file "
+            logger.info("WorldGuard: Failed to load regions from file "
                     + file.getAbsolutePath() + " : " + e.getMessage());
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            logger.warning("WorldGuard: Error loading regions for world \""
+            logger.info("WorldGuard: Error loading regions for world \""
                     + name + "\":" + e.getMessage());
         }
 
-        // @TODO: THIS CREATES PROBLEMS!!
+        // @TODO: THIS CREATES PROBLEMS!!one!!1!!eleven!!1!!!
         return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/databases/YAMLDatabase.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/databases/YAMLDatabase.java
index 42e0d474..eae3506e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/databases/YAMLDatabase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldguard/protection/databases/YAMLDatabase.java
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ public class YAMLDatabase extends AbstractProtectionDatabase {
     private Map<String, ProtectedRegion> regions;
     
     public YAMLDatabase(File file) {
+        if (!file.exists()) { // shouldn't be necessary, but check anyways
+            try {
+                file.createNewFile();
+            } catch (IOException e) {}
+            // if this is thrown, we can't do anything (caught elsewhere anyway)
+        }
         config = new Configuration(file);
     }