diff --git a/letsencrypt-win-simple.json b/letsencrypt-win-simple.json
index cb1269e820..3c5e8937ed 100644
--- a/letsencrypt-win-simple.json
+++ b/letsencrypt-win-simple.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "hash": "d32446aa8c2fe50a201d6f770c4c6ca04891ea2e8aa04bc7677aff647fa71c05",
     "url": "https://github.com/Lone-Coder/letsencrypt-win-simple/releases/download/v1.9.8.2/letsencrypt-win-simple.v1.9.8.2.zip",
     "bin": "letsencrypt.exe",
+    "persist": "letsencrypt.exe.config",
     "checkver": {
         "github": "https://github.com/Lone-Coder/letsencrypt-win-simple"
     },