diff --git a/scripts/CSharp/Common/Savegame/SaveData.cs b/scripts/CSharp/Common/Savegame/SaveData.cs
index 1a7e3a8..a26c1d9 100644
--- a/scripts/CSharp/Common/Savegame/SaveData.cs
+++ b/scripts/CSharp/Common/Savegame/SaveData.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ namespace Babushka.scripts.CSharp.Common.Savegame;
 [Serializable]
 public class SaveData 
 {
+    // for future use in case the structure changes.
+    public const int VERSION = 1;
+    public int version { get; set; } = VERSION;
+
+    public bool IsVersionValid()
+    {
+        return VERSION == version;
+    }
+    
     public string SceneName;
     public string Id;
     public string JsonPayload;
diff --git a/scripts/CSharp/Common/Savegame/SaveGameManager.cs b/scripts/CSharp/Common/Savegame/SaveGameManager.cs
index 9d53244..3d20162 100644
--- a/scripts/CSharp/Common/Savegame/SaveGameManager.cs
+++ b/scripts/CSharp/Common/Savegame/SaveGameManager.cs
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@ namespace Babushka.scripts.CSharp.Common.Savegame;
 /// </summary>
 public partial class SaveGameManager : Node
 {
+    public static string USER_DATA_FILE_PATH = "user://save_data/userData.json";
+    
     public static SaveGameManager? Instance { get; private set; } = null!;
 
     public override void _EnterTree()
     {
         Instance = this;
-        
+        USER_DATA_FILE_PATH = ProjectSettings.GlobalizePath(USER_DATA_FILE_PATH);
+        SavegameService.SavePath = USER_DATA_FILE_PATH;
         SavegameService.Load();
     }
     
diff --git a/scripts/CSharp/Common/Savegame/SavegameService.cs b/scripts/CSharp/Common/Savegame/SavegameService.cs
index 546e1f6..b733da7 100644
--- a/scripts/CSharp/Common/Savegame/SavegameService.cs
+++ b/scripts/CSharp/Common/Savegame/SavegameService.cs
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ namespace Babushka.scripts.CSharp.Common.Savegame;
 /// Handles the saving and loading of game states.
 /// Holds the central SaveData object that serves as a temporary SaveFile.
 /// Automatically writes to disk on every scene change.
+/// Uses the Godot Json Serializer, which may implicitly convert integers to floats, so be careful when extending!
 /// </summary>
 public static class SavegameService
 {
-    public static readonly string SavePath = "user://babushka_savegame.json";
+    public static string SavePath = "";
 
     public static Dictionary<string, string> SaveDatas = new ();
     
@@ -72,8 +73,20 @@ public static class SavegameService
     public static void Save()
     {
         string json = Json.Stringify(SaveDatas, indent: "\t");
-        using var file = FileAccess.Open(SavePath, FileAccess.ModeFlags.Write);
-        file.StoreString(json);
+        
+        GD.Print(SavePath);
+        // create cloud directory
+        System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(SavePath) ?? "");
+
+        try
+        {
+            using var file = FileAccess.Open(SavePath, FileAccess.ModeFlags.Write);
+            file.StoreString(json);
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            GD.Print(e.Message);
+        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -83,8 +96,15 @@ public static class SavegameService
     {
         try
         {
+            if (!System.IO.File.Exists(SavePath))
+            {
+                SaveDatas = new();
+                return;
+            }
+            
             string saveDataJson = FileAccess.GetFileAsString(SavePath);
             SaveDatas = Json.ParseString(saveDataJson).AsGodotDictionary<string, string>();  
+            
         }
         catch(Exception e)
         {