diff --git a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/windows/Platform.java b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/windows/Platform.java
index 3cdb10594..6d344444f 100644
--- a/arduino-core/src/processing/app/windows/Platform.java
+++ b/arduino-core/src/processing/app/windows/Platform.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import com.sun.jna.win32.W32APIOptions;
 public class Platform extends processing.app.Platform {
 
   private File settingsFolder;
-  private File defaultSketchbookFolder;
+  private File defaultSketchbookFolder = null;
 
   @Override
   public void init() throws Exception {
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ public class Platform extends processing.app.Platform {
 
     checkPath();
     recoverSettingsFolderPath();
-    recoverDefaultSketchbookFolder();
   }
 
   private void recoverSettingsFolderPath() throws Exception {
@@ -119,6 +118,7 @@ public class Platform extends processing.app.Platform {
 
   @Override
   public File getDefaultSketchbookFolder() throws Exception {
+    recoverDefaultSketchbookFolder();
     return defaultSketchbookFolder;
   }