diff --git a/bin/imds b/bin/imds
index 61b24a0..45d7a18 100755
--- a/bin/imds
+++ b/bin/imds
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 ### configuration
 
-source /etc/conf.d/tiny-cloud
+[ -f /etc/conf.d/tiny-cloud ] && source /etc/conf.d/tiny-cloud
 
 ### cloud-specific variables/functions
 
diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/init-common b/lib/tiny-cloud/init-common
index 4e02612..6d23b84 100644
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/init-common
+++ b/lib/tiny-cloud/init-common
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Tiny Cloud - Common Initialization
 # vim:set ts=4 et ft=sh:
 
-source /etc/conf.d/tiny-cloud
+[ -f /etc/conf.d/tiny-cloud ] && source /etc/conf.d/tiny-cloud
 
 # set defaults
 CLOUD_USER=${CLOUD_USER:-alpine}