diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index bc273fec..ed85934e 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ exclude_lines =
     if 0:
     if __name__ == .__main__.:
     except ImportError:
+    except PermissionError:
     except (ImproperlyConfigured, OperationalError):
     except (ImproperlyConfigured, AttributeError):
 omit = src/evaluation_system/tests/*,./src/evaluation_system/fuse/*,./src/evaluation_system/external/*,./src/freva/cli/__main__.py
diff --git a/docs/source/whats-new.rst b/docs/source/whats-new.rst
index 69151b7e..785eee73 100644
--- a/docs/source/whats-new.rst
+++ b/docs/source/whats-new.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,19 @@ What's new
    :maxdepth: 0
    :titlesonly:
 
+v2502.0.1
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+Bug fixes
++++++++++
+- Catch PermissionError when user config dir does not exist.
+
+Documentations
+++++++++++++++
+- Added mulit-version queries.
+
+
+
 v2502.0.0
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/src/evaluation_system/__init__.py b/src/evaluation_system/__init__.py
index 2de1784d..bda09b74 100644
--- a/src/evaluation_system/__init__.py
+++ b/src/evaluation_system/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 )
 
 
-__version__ = "2502.0.0"
+__version__ = "2502.0.1"
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(__version__)
diff --git a/src/evaluation_system/misc/config.py b/src/evaluation_system/misc/config.py
index e20c9683..e5ccd843 100644
--- a/src/evaluation_system/misc/config.py
+++ b/src/evaluation_system/misc/config.py
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@
 USER_CONFIG_FILE_LOC = osp.join(
     appdirs.user_config_dir(), "freva", "evaluation_system.conf"
 )
-if Path(USER_CONFIG_FILE_LOC).exists():
-    CONFIG_FILE = _ConfigWrapper(USER_CONFIG_FILE_LOC)
+try:
+    if Path(USER_CONFIG_FILE_LOC).exists():
+        CONFIG_FILE = _ConfigWrapper(USER_CONFIG_FILE_LOC)
+except PermissionError:
+    pass
 EVALUATION_SYSTEM_HOME = (os.sep).join(osp.abspath(__file__).split(osp.sep)[:-4])
 SPECIAL_VARIABLES = TemplateDict(EVALUATION_SYSTEM_HOME=EVALUATION_SYSTEM_HOME)
 _PUBLIC_KEY_DIR = Path(CONFIG_FILE).parent