diff --git a/src/sessionmanager/jconfig_patched.py b/src/sessionmanager/jconfig_patched.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d80693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sessionmanager/jconfig_patched.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+""" Modified Jconfig base class """
+import logging
+import json
+from codecs import open
+from jconfig import jconfig
+
+log = logging.getLogger('jconfig_patched')
+
+class Config(jconfig.Config):
+
+    log.info("Instantiated patched jconfig instance")
+
+    def load(self, filename, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            with open(filename, 'r', encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                settings = json.load(f)
+        except (IOError, ValueError):
+            settings = {}
+
+        settings.setdefault(self.section_name, {})
+
+        return settings
+
+    def save(self):
+        with open(self._filename, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            json.dump(self._settings, f, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
diff --git a/src/sessionmanager/vk_api_patched.py b/src/sessionmanager/vk_api_patched.py
index f5da838..b6ae4a0 100644
--- a/src/sessionmanager/vk_api_patched.py
+++ b/src/sessionmanager/vk_api_patched.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import logging
 import vk_api
 import threading
 import requests
-import jconfig
+import jconfig_patched as jconfig
 from vk_api.enums import VkUserPermissions
 from vk_api.exceptions import *