diff --git a/loader/src/loader/Dirs.cpp b/loader/src/loader/Dirs.cpp
index b23e558b..f5bc107f 100644
--- a/loader/src/loader/Dirs.cpp
+++ b/loader/src/loader/Dirs.cpp
@@ -18,15 +18,6 @@ namespace {
     }
 }
 
-ghc::filesystem::path dirs::getSaveDir() {
-#ifdef GEODE_IS_MACOS
-    // not using ~/Library/Caches
-    return ghc::filesystem::path("/Users/Shared/Geode");
-#else
-    return weaklyCanonical(CCFileUtils::sharedFileUtils()->getWritablePath().c_str());
-#endif
-}
-
 ghc::filesystem::path dirs::getGeodeDir() {
     return dirs::getGameDir() / "geode";
 }
diff --git a/loader/src/platform/ios/util.mm b/loader/src/platform/ios/util.mm
index 2e1505bf..8a029fae 100644
--- a/loader/src/platform/ios/util.mm
+++ b/loader/src/platform/ios/util.mm
@@ -33,4 +33,8 @@ ghc::filesystem::path dirs::getGameDir() {
     return ghc::filesystem::current_path();
 }
 
+ghc::filesystem::path dirs::getSaveDir() {
+    return weaklyCanonical(CCFileUtils::sharedFileUtils()->getWritablePath().c_str());
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/loader/src/platform/mac/util.mm b/loader/src/platform/mac/util.mm
index c5aa3ec3..5e21154c 100644
--- a/loader/src/platform/mac/util.mm
+++ b/loader/src/platform/mac/util.mm
@@ -150,14 +150,23 @@ CCPoint cocos::getMousePos() {
 }
 
 ghc::filesystem::path dirs::getGameDir() {
-    std::array<char, PATH_MAX> gddir;
+    static auto path = [] {
+        std::array<char, PATH_MAX> gddir;
 
-    uint32_t out = PATH_MAX;
-    _NSGetExecutablePath(gddir.data(), &out);
+        uint32_t out = PATH_MAX;
+        _NSGetExecutablePath(gddir.data(), &out);
 
-    ghc::filesystem::path gdpath = gddir.data();
-    auto currentPath = gdpath.parent_path().parent_path();    
-    return currentPath;
+        ghc::filesystem::path gdpath = gddir.data();
+        auto currentPath = gdpath.parent_path().parent_path();    
+        return currentPath;
+    }();
+
+    return path;
+}
+
+ghc::filesystem::path dirs::getSaveDir() {
+    // not using ~/Library/Caches
+    return ghc::filesystem::path("/Users/Shared/Geode");
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/loader/src/platform/windows/util.cpp b/loader/src/platform/windows/util.cpp
index 2ee767c6..ad34bb2b 100644
--- a/loader/src/platform/windows/util.cpp
+++ b/loader/src/platform/windows/util.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using namespace geode::prelude;
 #include <ghc/fs_fwd.hpp>
 #include <Windows.h>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <ShlObj.h>
 #include <shlwapi.h>
 #include <shobjidl.h>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -129,4 +130,30 @@ ghc::filesystem::path dirs::getGameDir() {
     return path;
 }
 
+ghc::filesystem::path dirs::getSaveDir() {
+    // only fetch the path once, since ofc it'll never change
+    // throughout the execution
+    static const auto path = [] {
+        std::array<WCHAR, MAX_PATH + 1> buffer;
+        GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, buffer.data(), MAX_PATH + 1);
+
+        auto executablePath = ghc::filesystem::path(buffer.data());
+        auto executableName = executablePath.filename().wstring();
+        executableName = executableName.substr(0, executableName.find_last_of(L"."));
+
+        if (SHGetFolderPathW(NULL, CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA, NULL, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, buffer.data()) >= 0) {
+            auto appdataPath = ghc::filesystem::path(buffer.data());
+            auto savePath = appdataPath / executableName;
+
+            if (SHCreateDirectoryExW(NULL, savePath.wstring().c_str(), NULL) >= 0) {
+                return savePath;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return executablePath.parent_path();
+    }();
+
+    return path;
+}
+
 #endif