diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ac30e9a..fdbbea1 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ let Parser = require('rss-parser');
 let parser = new Parser();
 const xmpp = require('simple-xmpp');
 
+try {
+	fs.readFileSync('./config.ini', 'utf-8');
+
+
 const config = ini.parse(fs.readFileSync('./config.ini', 'utf-8'));
 const api_pass = config.api_pass;
 const api_url = config.api_url;
@@ -266,3 +270,6 @@ xmpp.connect({
 
 // Checks the XMPP server for new 'friend' requests
 console.log(xmpp.getRoster());
+} catch(e) {
+	console.log("Please create a config.ini");
+}
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