diff --git a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/preview/Preview.cs b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/preview/Preview.cs
index 8c5f1e1dcc..8643687db5 100644
--- a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/preview/Preview.cs
+++ b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/preview/Preview.cs
@@ -70,8 +70,15 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.preview
 
         public void SavePreviewSet()
         {
+            //make sure the preview folder exists first
+            var dir = new DirectoryInfo(IO.IOHelper.MapPath(IO.SystemDirectories.Preview));
+            if (!dir.Exists)
+            {
+                dir.Create();
+            }
+
             // check for old preview sets and try to clean
-            foreach (FileInfo file in new DirectoryInfo(IO.IOHelper.MapPath(IO.SystemDirectories.Preview)).GetFiles(m_userId + "_*.config"))
+            foreach (FileInfo file in dir.GetFiles(m_userId + "_*.config"))
             {
                 try
                 {
diff --git a/umbraco/presentation/web.config.SHANDEMVAIO.xslt b/umbraco/presentation/web.config.SHANDEMVAIO.xslt
index 3d7bf0d214..4e03f02778 100644
--- a/umbraco/presentation/web.config.SHANDEMVAIO.xslt
+++ b/umbraco/presentation/web.config.SHANDEMVAIO.xslt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   </xsl:template>
 
   <xsl:template match="/configuration/appSettings/add[@key='umbracoConfigurationStatus']/@value">
-    <xsl:attribute name="value">4.1.0.betaII</xsl:attribute>
+    <xsl:attribute name="value">4.1.0.RC</xsl:attribute>
   </xsl:template>
 
   <xsl:template match="/configuration/appSettings/add[@key='umbracoContentXML']/@value">