diff --git a/source/duke3d/src/config.cpp b/source/duke3d/src/config.cpp
index 705fa8305..9ed884c68 100644
--- a/source/duke3d/src/config.cpp
+++ b/source/duke3d/src/config.cpp
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ void CONFIG_WriteSetup(uint32_t flags)
     if (ud.config.scripthandle < 0)
         ud.config.scripthandle = SCRIPT_Init(g_setupFileName);
 
-    SCRIPT_PutNumber(ud.config.scripthandle, "Misc", "Executions",++ud.executions,FALSE,FALSE);
+    SCRIPT_PutNumber(ud.config.scripthandle, "Misc", "Executions",ud.executions,FALSE,FALSE);
 
     SCRIPT_PutNumber(ud.config.scripthandle, "Setup","ConfigVersion",BYTEVERSION_EDUKE32,FALSE,FALSE);
     SCRIPT_PutNumber(ud.config.scripthandle, "Setup", "ForceSetup",ud.config.ForceSetup,FALSE,FALSE);
diff --git a/source/duke3d/src/game.cpp b/source/duke3d/src/game.cpp
index a93bf5b49..d6536bfc2 100644
--- a/source/duke3d/src/game.cpp
+++ b/source/duke3d/src/game.cpp
@@ -6482,6 +6482,7 @@ int app_main(int argc, char const * const * argv)
 
     g_mostConcurrentPlayers = ud.multimode;  // XXX: redundant?
 
+    ++ud.executions;
     CONFIG_WriteSetup(1);
     CONFIG_ReadSetup();