diff --git a/calibre-plugin/ffdl_plugin.py b/calibre-plugin/ffdl_plugin.py
index d9f606b..d7cd339 100644
--- a/calibre-plugin/ffdl_plugin.py
+++ b/calibre-plugin/ffdl_plugin.py
@@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ class FanFictionDownLoaderPlugin(InterfaceAction):
         book['password'] = adapter.password
 
         book['icon'] = 'plus.png'
+        book['pubdate'] = story.getMetadataRaw('datePublished')
+        book['timestamp'] = None # filled below if not skipped.
         
         if collision in (CALIBREONLY):
             book['icon'] = 'metadata.png'
@@ -517,15 +519,11 @@ class FanFictionDownLoaderPlugin(InterfaceAction):
                 print("existing epub tmp:"+tmp.name)
                 book['epub_for_update'] = tmp.name
 
-        book['pubdate'] = story.getMetadataRaw('datePublished')
-
         if collision != CALIBREONLY and not skip_date_update:
             # I'm half convinced this should be dateUpdated instead, but
             # this behavior matches how epubs come out when imported
             # dateCreated == packaged--epub/etc created.
             book['timestamp'] = story.getMetadataRaw('dateCreated')
-        else:
-            book['timestamp'] = None
         
         if book['good']: # there shouldn't be any !'good' books at this point.
             # if still 'good', make a temp file to write the output to.
diff --git a/downloader.py b/downloader.py
index fb55283..a6533a2 100644
--- a/downloader.py
+++ b/downloader.py
@@ -84,14 +84,17 @@ def main():
 
    conflist = []
    homepath = join(expanduser("~"),".fanficdownloader")
+   
    if isfile(join(homepath,"defaults.ini")):
        conflist.append(join(homepath,"defaults.ini"))
-   if isfile(join(homepath,"personal.ini")):
-       conflist.append(join(homepath,"personal.ini"))
    if isfile("defaults.ini"):
        conflist.append("defaults.ini")
+       
+   if isfile(join(homepath,"personal.ini")):
+       conflist.append(join(homepath,"personal.ini"))
    if isfile("personal.ini"):
        conflist.append("personal.ini")
+       
    if options.configfile:
        conflist.extend(options.configfile)
       
diff --git a/fanficdownloader/adapters/base_adapter.py b/fanficdownloader/adapters/base_adapter.py
index 655e953..a9bd2a2 100644
--- a/fanficdownloader/adapters/base_adapter.py
+++ b/fanficdownloader/adapters/base_adapter.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def makeDate(string,format):
     do_abbrev = "%b" in format
         
     if "%B" in format or do_abbrev:
-        format = format.replace("%B","%m")
+        format = format.replace("%B","%m").replace("%b","%m")
         for (name,num) in fullmon.items():
             if do_abbrev:
                 name = name[:3] # first three for abbrev