diff --git a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/config/Config.java b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/config/Config.java
index a9fc517a215..dac6afe545c 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/config/Config.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/config/Config.java
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ private static File mkAppDataDir(File appDataDir) {
         try {
             Files.createDirectories(path);
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            throw new ConfigException(ex, "Application data directory '%s' could not be created", path);
+            throw new UncheckedIOException(format("Application data directory '%s' could not be created", path), ex);
         }
         return appDataDir;
     }
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ private static File mkdir(File parent, String child) {
             try {
                 Files.createDirectory(path);
             } catch (IOException ex) {
-                throw new ConfigException(ex, "Directory '%s' could not be created", path);
+                throw new UncheckedIOException(format("Directory '%s' could not be created", path), ex);
             }
         }
         return dir;
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/config/ConfigException.java b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/config/ConfigException.java
index 4a4e955456d..0d709dcf53e 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/config/ConfigException.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/bisq/common/config/ConfigException.java
@@ -7,8 +7,4 @@ public class ConfigException extends BisqException {
     public ConfigException(String format, Object... args) {
         super(format, args);
     }
-
-    public ConfigException(Throwable cause, String format, Object... args) {
-        super(cause, format, args);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/bisq/common/config/ConfigTests.java b/common/src/test/java/bisq/common/config/ConfigTests.java
index de9593917be..6109342b339 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/bisq/common/config/ConfigTests.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/bisq/common/config/ConfigTests.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -228,10 +229,10 @@ public void whenConfigIsConstructed_thenAppDataDirAndSubdirsAreCreated() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void whenAppDataDirCannotBeCreated_thenConfigExceptionIsThrown() throws IOException {
+    public void whenAppDataDirCannotBeCreated_thenUncheckedIoExceptionIsThrown() throws IOException {
         // set a userDataDir that is actually a file so appDataDir cannot be created
         File aFile = Files.createTempFile("A", "File").toFile();
-        exceptionRule.expect(ConfigException.class);
+        exceptionRule.expect(UncheckedIOException.class);
         exceptionRule.expectMessage(containsString("Application data directory"));
         exceptionRule.expectMessage(containsString("could not be created"));
         configWithOpts(opt(USER_DATA_DIR, aFile));