diff --git a/interp/__init__.py b/interp/__init__.py
index 5af7710..d84f582 100644
--- a/interp/__init__.py
+++ b/interp/__init__.py
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ default_config = {
   'pypath': None,
 }
 
-with open(os.path.expanduser('~/.config/interp.json')) as config_file:
-  d = json.load(config_file)
+try:
+  with open(os.path.expanduser('~/.config/interp.json')) as config_file:
+    d = json.load(config_file)
+except IOError as e:
+  d = {}
 
 config = dict(default_config.items() + d.items())
 
-print config
-
 logger    = logging.getLogger('interp')
 logger.setLevel(LEVELS[config['level']])
 my_format = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s %(levelname)s (%(process)d) %(filename)s %(funcName)s:%(lineno)d %(message)s')