diff --git a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/systems/System.java b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/systems/System.java
index 24c350c335..ffdbdeebb6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/systems/System.java
+++ b/src/main/java/meteordevelopment/meteorclient/systems/System.java
@@ -48,21 +48,26 @@ public void save(File folder) {
         CompoundTag tag = toTag();
         if (tag == null) return;
 
-        try {
-            File tempFile = File.createTempFile(MeteorClient.MOD_ID, file.getName());
-            NbtIo.write(tag, tempFile.toPath());
-
-            if (folder != null) file = new File(folder, file.getName());
+        if (folder != null) file = new File(folder, file.getName());
 
+        try {
             file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
 
+            // The temp file has to live next to the target, otherwise the move crosses a filesystem
+            // boundary and falls back to a copy that truncates the old file before writing
+            File tempFile = File.createTempFile(MeteorClient.MOD_ID, file.getName(), file.getParentFile());
+
             try {
-                Files.move(tempFile.toPath(), file.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING, StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE);
-            } catch (AtomicMoveNotSupportedException _) {
-                StreamUtils.copy(tempFile, file);
-            }
+                NbtIo.write(tag, tempFile.toPath());
 
-            tempFile.delete();
+                try {
+                    Files.move(tempFile.toPath(), file.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING, StandardCopyOption.ATOMIC_MOVE);
+                } catch (AtomicMoveNotSupportedException _) {
+                    StreamUtils.copy(tempFile, file);
+                }
+            } finally {
+                tempFile.delete();
+            }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             MeteorClient.LOG.error("Error saving {}. Possibly corrupted?", this.name, e);
         }