diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4bb1100..c0f70da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ submission-downloader downloads your submissions in bulk from [DMOJ](https://dmo
 ## Getting Started
 
 ### Installing
-This program can be installed in two different ways. You can clone the repository and run the code yourself with Python 3 or download prebuilt binaries that will run without Python from our releases page:
+This program can be installed in two different ways. You can clone the repository and run the code yourself with Python 3 (recommended) or download prebuilt binaries that will run without Python (convenient) from our releases page:
 
 1. Install the prerequisites with ```$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt```. Next, download [submission-downloader.py](submission-downloader.py). Run the program with ```python3 submission-downloader.py```.
 
diff --git a/submission-downloader.py b/submission-downloader.py
index 51ec60e..15cacb6 100644
--- a/submission-downloader.py
+++ b/submission-downloader.py
@@ -41,14 +41,16 @@ def get_submission_sources(self, submissions): # downloads submissions, filters
         if self.overwrite == True:
             try:
                 shutil.rmtree("downloaded-submissions")
-                os.mkdir("downloaded-submissions")
-            finally:
-                os.chdir("downloaded-submissions")
+            except:
+                pass
+            os.mkdir("downloaded-submissions")
+            os.chdir("downloaded-submissions")
         else:
             try:
                 os.mkdir("downloaded-submissions")
-            finally:
-                os.chdir("downloaded-submissions")
+            except:
+                pass
+            os.chdir("downloaded-submissions")
         if self.aconly == True:
             submissions = [thing for thing in submissions if thing[4] == "AC" or thing[4] == "_AC"]
         else: