Working version

Services/AppSettingsStore.cs

@@ -7,22 +7,24 @@ namespace AmigaDB.VideoRenderer.Services;
 public static class AppSettingsStore
 {
     private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions JsonOptions = new() { WriteIndented = true };
+    private static string DefaultOutputFolder => Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyVideos);
 
     public static AppSettings Load()
     {
         string path = GetSettingsPath();
         if (!File.Exists(path))
-            return AppSettings.Default(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyVideos));
+            return AppSettings.Default(DefaultOutputFolder);
 
         try
         {
             string json = File.ReadAllText(path);
-            return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<AppSettings>(json, JsonOptions)
-                ?? AppSettings.Default(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyVideos));
+            return (JsonSerializer.Deserialize<AppSettings>(json, JsonOptions)
+                ?? AppSettings.Default(DefaultOutputFolder))
+                .Normalize(DefaultOutputFolder);
         }
         catch
         {
-            return AppSettings.Default(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyVideos));
+            return AppSettings.Default(DefaultOutputFolder);
         }
     }