diff --git a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPlugin.java b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPlugin.java
index c654f514e0..9becc234dd 100644
--- a/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPlugin.java
+++ b/paper-api/src/main/java/org/bukkit/plugin/java/JavaPlugin.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public abstract class JavaPlugin implements Plugin {
 
     public void saveConfig() {
         try {
-            newConfig.save(configFile);
+            getConfig().save(configFile);
         } catch (IOException ex) {
             Logger.getLogger(JavaPlugin.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "Could not save config to " + configFile, ex);
         }