diff --git a/Xamarin.MacDev/AppleSdkSettings.cs b/Xamarin.MacDev/AppleSdkSettings.cs
index 749a0f0..8262df3 100644
--- a/Xamarin.MacDev/AppleSdkSettings.cs
+++ b/Xamarin.MacDev/AppleSdkSettings.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 
 // Disable until we get around to enable + fix any issues.
 #nullable disable
@@ -142,6 +143,10 @@ static AppleSdkSettings ()
 				break;
 			}
 
+			// If no existing settings file was found, default to the first candidate path.
+			if (SettingsPath is null)
+				SettingsPath = XcodeLocator.SettingsPathCandidates.First ();
+
 			Directory.CreateDirectory (Path.GetDirectoryName (SettingsPath));
 
 			Init ();