diff --git a/src/openrct2/config/Config.cpp b/src/openrct2/config/Config.cpp
index 8e565a8e19..cb22e40293 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/config/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/config/Config.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "../Context.h"
 #include "../core/Console.hpp"
 #include "../core/Exception.hpp"
+#include "../core/File.h"
 #include "../core/FileStream.hpp"
 #include "../core/Memory.hpp"
 #include "../core/Path.hpp"
@@ -622,6 +623,11 @@ extern "C"
 
     bool config_open(const utf8 * path)
     {
+        if (!File::Exists(path))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
         config_release();
         return Config::ReadFile(path);
     }