diff --git a/src/engine/Engine.cpp b/src/engine/Engine.cpp
index 885e69d1..6dce9ef9 100644
--- a/src/engine/Engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/Engine.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "debug/Logger.hpp"
 #include "assets/AssetsLoader.hpp"
 #include "audio/audio.hpp"
-#include "voxels/Block.hpp"
 #include "coders/GLSLExtension.hpp"
 #include "coders/imageio.hpp"
 #include "coders/json.hpp"
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@
 #include "logic/scripting/scripting.hpp"
 #include "logic/scripting/scripting_hud.hpp"
 #include "network/Network.hpp"
-#include "util/listutil.hpp"
 #include "util/platform.hpp"
 #include "window/Camera.hpp"
 #include "window/input.hpp"
@@ -90,8 +88,6 @@ void Engine::initialize(CoreParameters coreParameters) {
     }
     loadSettings();
 
-    auto resdir = paths.getResourcesFolder();
-
     controller = std::make_unique<EngineController>(*this);
     if (!params.headless) {
         std::string title = "VoxelCore v" +
@@ -153,7 +149,7 @@ void Engine::initialize(CoreParameters coreParameters) {
 }
 
 void Engine::loadSettings() {
-    io::path settings_file = paths.getSettingsFile();
+    io::path settings_file = EnginePaths::SETTINGS_FILE;
     if (io::is_regular_file(settings_file)) {
         logger.info() << "loading settings";
         std::string text = io::read_string(settings_file);
@@ -167,7 +163,7 @@ void Engine::loadSettings() {
 }
 
 void Engine::loadControls() {
-    io::path controls_file = paths.getControlsFile();
+    io::path controls_file = EnginePaths::CONTROLS_FILE;
     if (io::is_regular_file(controls_file)) {
         logger.info() << "loading controls";
         std::string text = io::read_string(controls_file);
@@ -240,10 +236,10 @@ void Engine::renderFrame() {
 
 void Engine::saveSettings() {
     logger.info() << "saving settings";
-    io::write_string(paths.getSettingsFile(), toml::stringify(*settingsHandler));
+    io::write_string(EnginePaths::SETTINGS_FILE, toml::stringify(*settingsHandler));
     if (!params.headless) {
         logger.info() << "saving bindings";
-        io::write_string(paths.getControlsFile(), input->getBindings().write());
+        io::write_string(EnginePaths::CONTROLS_FILE, input->getBindings().write());
     }
 }
 
@@ -308,11 +304,9 @@ void Engine::loadAssets() {
         }
     }
     assets = std::move(new_assets);
-
     if (content) {
         ModelsGenerator::prepare(*content, *assets);
     }
-
     assets->setup();
     gui->onAssetsLoad(assets.get());
 }
diff --git a/src/io/engine_paths.cpp b/src/io/engine_paths.cpp
index 31f55d33..bc98e8a9 100644
--- a/src/io/engine_paths.cpp
+++ b/src/io/engine_paths.cpp
@@ -31,13 +31,9 @@ namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
 static debug::Logger logger("engine-paths");
 
-static inline io::path SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER = "screenshots";
-static inline io::path CONTENT_FOLDER = "content";
-static inline io::path WORLDS_FOLDER = "worlds";
-static inline io::path CONFIG_FOLDER = "config";
-static inline io::path EXPORT_FOLDER = "export";
-static inline io::path CONTROLS_FILE = "controls.toml";
-static inline io::path SETTINGS_FILE = "settings.toml";
+static inline io::path SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER = "user:screenshots";
+static inline io::path CONTENT_FOLDER = "user:content";
+static inline io::path WORLDS_FOLDER = "user:worlds";
 
 void EnginePaths::prepare() {
     io::set_device("res", std::make_shared<io::StdfsDevice>(resourcesFolder, false));
@@ -51,14 +47,13 @@ void EnginePaths::prepare() {
     logger.info() << "resources folder: " << fs::canonical(resourcesFolder).u8string();
     logger.info() << "user files folder: " << fs::canonical(userFilesFolder).u8string();
     
-    auto contentFolder = io::path("user:") / CONTENT_FOLDER;
-    if (!io::is_directory(contentFolder)) {
-        io::create_directories(contentFolder);
+    if (!io::is_directory(CONTENT_FOLDER)) {
+        io::create_directories(CONTENT_FOLDER);
     }
 
     io::create_subdevice("core", "res", "");
-    io::create_subdevice("export", "user", EXPORT_FOLDER);
-    io::create_subdevice("config", "user", CONFIG_FOLDER);
+    io::create_subdevice("export", "user", "export");
+    io::create_subdevice("config", "user", "config");
 }
 
 const std::filesystem::path& EnginePaths::getUserFilesFolder() const {
@@ -70,7 +65,7 @@ const std::filesystem::path& EnginePaths::getResourcesFolder() const {
 }
 
 io::path EnginePaths::getNewScreenshotFile(const std::string& ext) {
-    auto folder = io::path("user:") / SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER;
+    auto folder = SCREENSHOTS_FOLDER;
     if (!io::is_directory(folder)) {
         io::create_directories(folder);
     }
@@ -94,11 +89,7 @@ io::path EnginePaths::getNewScreenshotFile(const std::string& ext) {
 }
 
 io::path EnginePaths::getWorldsFolder() const {
-    return io::path("user:") / WORLDS_FOLDER;
-}
-
-io::path EnginePaths::getConfigFolder() const {
-    return io::path("user:") / CONFIG_FOLDER;
+    return WORLDS_FOLDER;
 }
 
 io::path EnginePaths::getCurrentWorldFolder() {
@@ -109,14 +100,6 @@ io::path EnginePaths::getWorldFolderByName(const std::string& name) {
     return getWorldsFolder() / name;
 }
 
-io::path EnginePaths::getControlsFile() const {
-    return io::path("user:") / CONTROLS_FILE;
-}
-
-io::path EnginePaths::getSettingsFile() const {
-    return io::path("user:") / SETTINGS_FILE;
-}
-
 std::vector<io::path> EnginePaths::scanForWorlds() const {
     std::vector<io::path> folders;
 
diff --git a/src/io/engine_paths.hpp b/src/io/engine_paths.hpp
index 70292923..1b6739b8 100644
--- a/src/io/engine_paths.hpp
+++ b/src/io/engine_paths.hpp
@@ -58,14 +58,10 @@ public:
 
     io::path getWorldFolderByName(const std::string& name);
     io::path getWorldsFolder() const;
-    io::path getConfigFolder() const;
 
     void setCurrentWorldFolder(io::path folder);
     io::path getCurrentWorldFolder();
-    
     io::path getNewScreenshotFile(const std::string& ext);
-    io::path getControlsFile() const;
-    io::path getSettingsFile() const;
 
     std::string mount(const io::path& file);
     void unmount(const std::string& name);
@@ -79,6 +75,8 @@ public:
     static std::tuple<std::string, std::string> parsePath(std::string_view view);
 
     static inline io::path CONFIG_DEFAULTS = "config/defaults.toml";
+    static inline io::path CONTROLS_FILE = "user:controls.toml";
+    static inline io::path SETTINGS_FILE = "user:settings.toml";
 private:
     std::filesystem::path userFilesFolder {"."};
     std::filesystem::path resourcesFolder {"res"};