diff --git a/aegisub/libaegisub/common/path.cpp b/aegisub/libaegisub/common/path.cpp
index a52582651..879cd8104 100644
--- a/aegisub/libaegisub/common/path.cpp
+++ b/aegisub/libaegisub/common/path.cpp
@@ -22,24 +22,25 @@
 #include <vector>
 #endif
 
+#include "libaegisub/path.h"
+
 #include "libaegisub/access.h"
 #include "libaegisub/log.h"
-#include "libaegisub/path.h"
 #include "libaegisub/option.h"
 #include "libaegisub/option_value.h"
 
 namespace agi {
 
 Path::Path(const std::string &file, const std::string& default_path)
-: path_file(file),
-path_default(default_path) {
-	opt = new agi::Options(file, default_path);
+: path_file(file)
+, path_default(default_path)
+, opt(new agi::Options(file, default_path, Options::FLUSH_SKIP))
+{
 	opt->ConfigUser();
 	LOG_D("agi/path") << "New Path object";
 }
 
 Path::~Path() {
-	opt->Flush();
 }
 
 
@@ -71,7 +72,6 @@ void Path::Set(const char *name, const std::string &path) {
 	} catch (OptionErrorNotFound&) {
 		throw PathErrorNotFound("Invalid path key");
 	}
-
 }
 
 
diff --git a/aegisub/libaegisub/include/libaegisub/path.h b/aegisub/libaegisub/include/libaegisub/path.h
index bcc932f18..6b1462ed2 100644
--- a/aegisub/libaegisub/include/libaegisub/path.h
+++ b/aegisub/libaegisub/include/libaegisub/path.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <libaegisub/exception.h>
+#include <libaegisub/scoped_ptr.h>
 
 namespace agi {
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ private:
 	void Encode(std::string &path);
 
 	/// Options object.
-	Options *opt;
+	scoped_ptr<Options> opt;
 
 	/// @brief Locale files
 	/// @return Locale location