diff --git a/src/Console.hx b/src/Console.hx
index 7c1f2204..72f4bb8e 100644
--- a/src/Console.hx
+++ b/src/Console.hx
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ class Console {
 		entries = [];
 		consumers = [];
 		timeSinceStart = haxe.Timer.stamp();
-		#if hl
-		if (!FileSystem.exists(Settings.settingsDir)) {
-			FileSystem.createDirectory(Settings.settingsDir);
-		}
+		#if (hl && !android)
 		consoleFileHandle = sys.io.File.write(haxe.io.Path.join([Settings.settingsDir, "console.log"]), false);
 		#end
 	}
@@ -58,7 +55,7 @@ class Console {
 	function addEntry(type:String, msg:String) {
 		var e = new ConsoleEntry(getTime(), type, msg);
 		entries.push(e);
-		#if hl
+		#if (hl && !android)
 		consoleFileHandle.writeString('[${e.time}] ${e.text}\n');
 		#end
 		for (c in consumers) {
diff --git a/src/Settings.hx b/src/Settings.hx
index 30e31e30..f0cdcd2d 100644
--- a/src/Settings.hx
+++ b/src/Settings.hx
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ class Settings {
 		var i = 4;
 		return hl.Bytes.fromValue("null", i);
 	}
+
+	@:hlNative("std", "sys_special") static function sys_special(key:hl.Bytes):hl.Bytes {
+		return null;
+	}
 	#end
 
 	public static function applySettings() {
@@ -321,6 +325,9 @@ class Settings {
 		#if hl
 		settingsExists = FileSystem.exists(Path.join([settingsDir, "settings.json"]));
 		#end
+		#if android
+		settingsDir = @:privateAccess String.fromUCS2(sys_special(@:privateAccess Sys.getPath("android_internal_storage_path")));
+		#end
 		#if js
 		var localStorage = js.Browser.getLocalStorage();
 		if (localStorage != null) {