diff --git a/plexpy/__init__.py b/plexpy/__init__.py
index 2bc1bd7c..bfc4a66f 100644
--- a/plexpy/__init__.py
+++ b/plexpy/__init__.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def initialize(config_file):
         logger.initLogger(console=not QUIET, log_dir=CONFIG.LOG_DIR if log_writable else None,
                           verbose=VERBOSE)
 
-        if not PYTHON2:
+        if not PYTHON2 and sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
             os.environ['PLEXAPI_CONFIG_PATH'] = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'plexapi.config.ini')
             os.environ['PLEXAPI_LOG_PATH'] = os.path.join(CONFIG.LOG_DIR, 'plexapi.log')
             plex.initialize_plexapi()