Index: branches/2.7x/cli/cli.c
===================================================================
--- branches/2.7x/cli/cli.c	(revision 13784)
+++ branches/2.7x/cli/cli.c	(revision 13794)
@@ -268,14 +268,12 @@
     {
       if (!tr_fileExists (str, NULL))
-        tr_mkdirp (str, 0700);
-
-      if (tr_fileExists (str, NULL))
         {
-          tr_bencDictAddStr (&settings, TR_PREFS_KEY_DOWNLOAD_DIR, str);
-        }
-      else
-        {
-          fprintf (stderr, "Unable to create download directory \"%s\"!\n", str);
-          return EXIT_FAILURE;
+          tr_mkdirp (str, 0700);
+
+          if (!tr_fileExists (str, NULL))
+            {
+              fprintf (stderr, "Unable to create download directory \"%s\"!\n", str);
+              return EXIT_FAILURE;
+            }
         }
     }