diff --git a/docs/launcher.md b/docs/launcher.md
index 05470cc5..cacc5727 100644
--- a/docs/launcher.md
+++ b/docs/launcher.md
@@ -262,7 +262,9 @@ save. Saves (home, under Game Folder; `launcher/saves.py`) and the Saves rows of
 
 **Export.** Export Save writes `NX2navi-save-<date>_<time>.zip` into the Downloads folder (Export To chooses another
 folder) and opens the folder with the zip selected, ready to drag into a bug report. With Add Log and Settings on (the
-default) it is `...-bug-report.zip` and also holds the game's latest log and its `nx2navi.ini`. In the game, Export
+default) it is `...-bug-report.zip` and also holds the game's latest log and its `nx2navi.ini`; while the game has no
+save yet (it stopped before its first one) the launcher then writes `NX2navi-log-<date>_<time>-bug-report.zip` with
+those two alone, which an import refuses as a zip without a save. In the game, Export
 save and Export save for a bug report write the same two zips into Downloads; the second holds the log of the run in
 progress. The zip:
 
diff --git a/launcher/saves.py b/launcher/saves.py
index 084f1505..2a720da0 100644
--- a/launcher/saves.py
+++ b/launcher/saves.py
@@ -390,15 +390,49 @@ def _fresh_file(folder, stem, suffix):
     return p
 
 
+NO_SAVE = 'the game has no save yet: play until it saves, then export'
+
+
+def _export_log(game, dest, version, log):
+    """The bug report of a game without a save (it stopped before its first one): NX2navi-log-<date>_<time>-bug-report.zip
+    with the game's latest log, nx2navi.ini and a manifest that counts no save files; import_zip refuses it as a zip
+    without a save. SaveError when the game has written no log either: then there is nothing to report with."""
+    extras = [f for f in (game / 'logs' / 'nx2navi.log', game / 'nx2navi.ini') if f.is_file()]
+    if not extras or extras[0].name != 'nx2navi.log':
+        raise SaveError(NO_SAVE)
+    dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    out = _fresh_file(dest, time.strftime('NX2navi-log-%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S') + '-bug-report', '.zip')
+    tmp = out.with_name(out.name + '.part')
+    manifest = {'format': FORMAT, 'format_version': FORMAT_VERSION, 'game': GAME, 'title_id': _title_hex(),
+                'game_version': GAME_VERSION, 'nx2navi': version,
+                'exported': time.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ', time.gmtime()), 'exported_by': 'launcher',
+                'files': 0, 'bug_report': True}
+    try:
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(tmp, 'w', zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as z:
+            z.writestr(MANIFEST, json.dumps(manifest, indent=1) + '\n')
+            for f in extras:
+                z.write(f, REPORT_DIR + f.name)
+        os.replace(tmp, out)
+    except BaseException:
+        tmp.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+        raise
+    log(f'saves: the game has no save yet; exported {", ".join(f.name for f in extras)} to {out}')
+    return {'path': out, 'files': 0, 'extras': [f.name for f in extras]}
+
+
 def export_save(game, dest=None, bug_report=False, version='', log=print):
     """Write the save the game would load now into one zip in dest (default_export_dir when None), for a bug report
-    or another player. bug_report adds the game's latest log and nx2navi.ini. Never a key file. Returns {'path',
-    'files', 'extras'} (extras: the names of the bug report files that were there)."""
+    or another player. bug_report adds the game's latest log and nx2navi.ini, and still writes those two when the game
+    has no save yet (_export_log): a game that stops before its first save is the one its player wants to report.
+    Never a key file. Returns {'path', 'files', 'extras'} (files 0: no save; extras: the names of the bug report files
+    that were there)."""
     game = Path(game)
-    if not (game / 'profile' / 'account.uid').is_file():
-        raise SaveError('the game has no save yet: play until it saves, then export')
-    account = account_dir(game)
     dest = Path(dest) if dest else default_export_dir()
+    if not (game / 'profile' / 'account.uid').is_file():   # account_dir would make the account: not for an export
+        if bug_report:
+            return _export_log(game, dest, version, log)
+        raise SaveError(NO_SAVE)
+    account = account_dir(game)
     dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     stem = time.strftime('NX2navi-save-%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S') + ('-bug-report' if bug_report else '')
     extras = [f for f in (game / 'logs' / 'nx2navi.log', game / 'nx2navi.ini') if bug_report and f.is_file()]
@@ -406,7 +440,9 @@ def export_save(game, dest=None, bug_report=False, version='', log=print):
         # a running game may swap a commit in while its files are read (runtime/fs_host.c swap_in): read again
         current = _newest(game, account)
         if current is None or not _has_file(current):
-            raise SaveError('the game has no save yet: play until it saves, then export')
+            if bug_report:
+                return _export_log(game, dest, version, log)
+            raise SaveError(NO_SAVE)
         files = [rel for rel in _files(current, set()) if not _key_file(rel)]
         out = _fresh_file(dest, stem, '.zip')
         tmp = out.with_name(out.name + '.part')
diff --git a/launcher/ui/app.py b/launcher/ui/app.py
index 229c63dc..76da8e53 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/app.py
+++ b/launcher/ui/app.py
@@ -1116,7 +1116,8 @@ class App:
             Row('value', 'Export Save', out.name or str(out), on=self.export_save, desc=export_desc),
             Row('toggle', 'Add Log and Settings', on=report, get=lambda: bool(self.settings.get('export_with_log')),
                 desc=('On: the zip also holds the game\'s latest log (logs\\nx2navi.log) and its settings '
-                      '(nx2navi.ini), which show what happened and with which settings. Keep it on for a bug report.',
+                      '(nx2navi.ini), which show what happened and with which settings. Keep it on for a bug report: '
+                      'while the game has no save yet, Export Save then writes these two alone.',
                       'Off: the save alone, to give to another player.')),
             Row('value', 'Export To', str(out), on=self.choose_export_dir,
                 desc=(f'Export Save writes into {out}.', 'Select this row to choose another folder.')),
@@ -1154,6 +1155,9 @@ class App:
             else:
                 extra = ' with the game\'s log and settings' if r['extras'] else ''
                 self.export_message = f'Exported {r["files"]} files{extra} to {r["path"]}.'
+                if not r['files']:   # a game that stopped before its first save: the report files alone
+                    self.export_message = (f'The game has no save yet: exported its log and settings alone to '
+                                           f'{r["path"]}.')
                 try:
                     winsys.reveal(r['path'])
                 except OSError:
diff --git a/tests/launcher_test.py b/tests/launcher_test.py
index 597a3fe0..3b2f6255 100644
--- a/tests/launcher_test.py
+++ b/tests/launcher_test.py
@@ -2680,6 +2680,32 @@ class SaveShareTest(unittest.TestCase):
             saves.export_save(self.game, self.out, log=lambda m: None)   # an account without files
         self.assertEqual(list(self.out.iterdir()), [])
 
+    def test_a_bug_report_without_a_save_holds_the_log_and_settings(self):
+        """A game that stops before its first save: the bug report export writes its log and settings alone."""
+        with self.assertRaises(saves.SaveError):
+            saves.export_save(self.game, self.out, bug_report=True, log=lambda m: None)   # no log either: nothing
+        self.assertFalse(self.out.exists() and list(self.out.iterdir()))
+        self.files(self.game, {'logs/nx2navi.log': b'FATAL: it stopped', 'nx2navi.ini': b'[x]', 'prod.keys': b'secret'})
+        with self.assertRaises(saves.SaveError):
+            saves.export_save(self.game, self.out, log=lambda m: None)   # not a bug report: a save or nothing
+        for account in (False, True):   # a game that never made its account, and an account without files
+            if account:
+                saves.account_dir(self.game).mkdir(parents=True)
+            with self.subTest(account=account):
+                r = saves.export_save(self.game, self.out, bug_report=True, version='0.7.1', log=lambda m: None)
+                self.assertRegex(r['path'].name, r'^NX2navi-log-.*-bug-report( \(\d+\))?\.zip$')   # (2): the same second
+                self.assertEqual((r['files'], r['extras']), (0, ['nx2navi.log', 'nx2navi.ini']))
+                with zipfile.ZipFile(r['path']) as z:
+                    self.assertEqual(sorted(z.namelist()), ['bug-report/nx2navi.ini', 'bug-report/nx2navi.log',
+                                                            'manifest.json'])
+                    self.assertEqual(z.read('bug-report/nx2navi.log'), b'FATAL: it stopped')
+                    m = json.loads(z.read('manifest.json'))
+                    self.assertEqual((m['format'], m['files'], m['bug_report'], m['nx2navi']),
+                                     (saves.FORMAT, 0, True, '0.7.1'))
+                with self.assertRaises(saves.SaveError):   # nobody's save: an import says so and changes nothing
+                    saves.import_zip(self.game_with_save(self.tmp / f'other{account}'), r['path'], log=lambda m: None)
+        self.assertFalse(list(self.out.glob('*.part')))
+
     def test_a_shared_save_replaces_the_save_and_keeps_a_backup(self):
         other = self.game_with_save(self.tmp / 'other')
         shared = saves.export_save(other, self.out, bug_report=True, version='0.6.1', log=lambda m: None)['path']