diff --git a/wicd/configmanager.py b/wicd/configmanager.py
index b93b1a6..6782821 100644
--- a/wicd/configmanager.py
+++ b/wicd/configmanager.py
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ class ConfigManager(RawConfigParser):
     
     def write(self):
         """ Writes the loaded config file to disk. """
+        for section in self.sections():
+            if not section:
+                self.remove_section(section)
         configfile = open(self.config_file, 'w')
         RawConfigParser.write(self, configfile)
         configfile.close()
diff --git a/wicd/wicd-daemon.py b/wicd/wicd-daemon.py
index 7235ba8..201b8f5 100644
--- a/wicd/wicd-daemon.py
+++ b/wicd/wicd-daemon.py
@@ -1446,6 +1446,8 @@ class WiredDaemon(dbus.service.Object):
     @dbus.service.method('org.wicd.daemon.wired')
     def CreateWiredNetworkProfile(self, profilename, default=False):
         """ Creates a wired network profile. """
+        if not profilename:
+            return False
         profilename = misc.to_unicode(profilename)
         print "Creating wired profile for " + profilename
         if self.config.has_section(profilename):