diff --git a/plugins/CuraProfileWriter/CuraProfileWriter.py b/plugins/CuraProfileWriter/CuraProfileWriter.py
index 61e9fff47d..479b84f37e 100644
--- a/plugins/CuraProfileWriter/CuraProfileWriter.py
+++ b/plugins/CuraProfileWriter/CuraProfileWriter.py
@@ -2,18 +2,25 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2013 David Braam
 # Uranium is released under the terms of the AGPLv3 or higher.
 
+from UM.Logger import Logger
+from UM.SaveFile import SaveFile
 from UM.Settings.Profile import Profile
 from UM.Settings.ProfileWriter import ProfileWriter
 
 ##  Writes profiles to Cura's own profile format with config files.
 class CuraProfileWriter(ProfileWriter):
-    ##  Writes a profile to the specified stream.
+    ##  Writes a profile to the specified file path.
     #
-    #   \param stream \type{IOStream} The stream to write the profile to.
-    #   \param profile \type{Profile} The profile to write to that stream.
+    #   \param path \type{string} The file to output to.
+    #   \param profile \type{Profile} The profile to write to that file.
     #   \return \code True \endcode if the writing was successful, or \code
     #   False \endcode if it wasn't.
-    def write(self, stream, profile):
+    def write(self, path, profile):
         serialised = profile.serialise()
-        stream.write(serialised)
+        try:
+            with SaveFile(path, "wt", -1, "utf-8") as f: #Open the specified file.
+                f.write(serialised)
+        except Exception as e:
+            Logger.log("e", "Failed to write profile to %s: %s", path, str(e))
+            return False
         return True