diff --git a/plugins/mapchooser.sma b/plugins/mapchooser.sma
index e096b72d..1780f8ff 100755
--- a/plugins/mapchooser.sma
+++ b/plugins/mapchooser.sma
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ public plugin_init()
   new maps_ini_file[64];
   get_configsdir(maps_ini_file, 63);
   format(maps_ini_file, 63, "%s/maps.ini", maps_ini_file);
+  if (!file_exists(maps_ini_file))
+    format(maps_ini_file, 63, "mapcycle.txt")
   if ( loadSettings(maps_ini_file) )
     set_task(15.0,"voteNextmap",987456,"",0,"b")
 }
diff --git a/plugins/mapsmenu.sma b/plugins/mapsmenu.sma
index 189fc993..230e9099 100755
--- a/plugins/mapsmenu.sma
+++ b/plugins/mapsmenu.sma
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ public plugin_init()
   new maps_ini_file[64];
   get_configsdir(maps_ini_file, 63);
   format(maps_ini_file, 63, "%s/maps.ini", maps_ini_file);
+  if (!file_exists(maps_ini_file))
+     format(maps_ini_file, 63, "mapcycle.txt")
   load_settings(maps_ini_file)
 
   g_cstrikeRunning = (is_running("cstrike") || is_running("czero"))