diff --git a/nand_dump_decoder.py b/nand_dump_decoder.py
index 30231bb..4f223cd 100755
--- a/nand_dump_decoder.py
+++ b/nand_dump_decoder.py
@@ -1373,10 +1373,15 @@ def banner():
 
     else:
         # read configuration from given config file
-        if not os.path.isfile(args.config):
+        try:
+            if not os.path.isfile(args.config):
+              print("[-] Error: Config file '{}' does not exist".format(args.config))
+              sys.exit(1)
+        except:
             print("[-] Error: Config file '{}' does not exist".format(args.config))
             sys.exit(1)
 
+
         print("[*] Read configuration file '{}'".format(args.config))
         configfile = configparser.ConfigParser()
         try: