diff -Nur ltris-1.2/src/chart.c new/src/chart.c
--- ltris-1.2/src/chart.c	2020-06-10 20:31:43.000000000 +0200
+++ new/src/chart.c	2020-07-05 11:03:15.635480526 +0200
@@ -202,14 +202,10 @@
 	charts = 0;
 	charts = list_create( LIST_AUTO_DELETE, chart_set_delete );
     /* load highscore */
-    if ( !chart_load_from_path( HI_DIR ) ) {
-        fprintf( stderr, "Unable to access highscore chart in '%s'.\n", HI_DIR );
-        fprintf( stderr, "Trying to use config directory '%s'.\n", config.dir_name );
-        if ( !chart_load_from_path( config.dir_name ) ) {
+    if ( !chart_load_from_path( config.dir_name ) ) {
             fprintf( stderr, "Unable to access highscore chart in config directory... won't be "
                              "able to save any results. Sorry.\n" );
             return;
-        }
     }
     printf( "Saving highscore chart in: %s\n", chart_path );
     /* load resources */
diff -Nur ltris-1.2/src/Makefile.am new/src/Makefile.am
--- ltris-1.2/src/Makefile.am	2018-11-02 20:56:25.000000000 +0100
+++ new/src/Makefile.am	2020-07-05 11:04:50.122838050 +0200
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@
 install-data-local:
 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(inst_dir)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) figures $(DESTDIR)$(inst_dir)/figures
-	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(hi_dir)
-	if ! test -f $(DESTDIR)$(hi_dir)/ltris.hscr; then \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) --mode=666 empty.hscr $(DESTDIR)$(hi_dir)/ltris.hscr; \
-	fi;
 
 uninstall-local:
 	-rm -fr $(DESTDIR)$(inst_dir)
diff -Nur ltris-1.2/src/Makefile.in new/src/Makefile.in
--- ltris-1.2/src/Makefile.in	2020-06-28 20:24:49.000000000 +0200
+++ new/src/Makefile.in	2020-07-05 11:03:57.439196277 +0200
@@ -780,10 +780,6 @@
 install-data-local:
 	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(inst_dir)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) figures $(DESTDIR)$(inst_dir)/figures
-	$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(hi_dir)
-	if ! test -f $(DESTDIR)$(hi_dir)/ltris.hscr; then \
-	  $(INSTALL_DATA) --mode=666 empty.hscr $(DESTDIR)$(hi_dir)/ltris.hscr; \
-	fi;
 
 uninstall-local:
 	-rm -fr $(DESTDIR)$(inst_dir)