diff --git a/src/GameEngine.cpp b/src/GameEngine.cpp
index 6973b92..915a8a3 100644
--- a/src/GameEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/GameEngine.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@ GameEngine::GameEngine(const McRogueFaceConfig& cfg)
     // Desktop: create save/ in working directory (WASM uses IDBFS mount from JS)
     struct stat st;
     if (stat("save", &st) != 0) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        mkdir("save");
+#else
         mkdir("save", 0755);
+#endif
     }
 #endif
     
diff --git a/src/McRogueFaceVersion.h b/src/McRogueFaceVersion.h
index 14072a0..c790897 100644
--- a/src/McRogueFaceVersion.h
+++ b/src/McRogueFaceVersion.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #pragma once
 
 // McRogueFace version string (#164)
-#define MCRFPY_VERSION "0.2.7-prerelease-7drl2026"
+#define MCRFPY_VERSION "0.2.8-7DRL-2026"