diff --git a/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c b/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c
index 5d6fb5de1ffb445b614c9a7271287c60dfdb5ea8..411e737976dce06f095632bbd8ebb06e7c46f780 100644
--- a/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c
+++ b/common/config/config_load_configmodule.c
@@ -343,9 +343,20 @@ configmodule_interface_t *load_configmodule(int argc,
       atoken = strtok_r(NULL,":",&strtokctx);
     }
 
-    printf("[CONFIG] get parameters from %s ", cfgmode);
     for (i = 0; i < cfgptr->num_cfgP; i++) {
-      printf("%s ", cfgptr->cfgP[i]);
+      /* check if that file actually exists */
+      if (access(cfgptr->cfgP[i], F_OK) != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "error: file %s does not exist\n", cfgptr->cfgP[i]);
+        for (int j = 0; j < cfgptr->num_cfgP; ++j)
+          free(cfgptr->cfgP[j]);
+        free(modeparams);
+        free(cfgptr->cfgmode);
+        free(cfgptr->argv_info);
+        free(cfgptr);
+        if (cfgmode != NULL)
+          free(cfgmode);
+        return NULL;
+      }
     }
 
   if (cfgptr->rtflags & CONFIG_PRINTPARAMS) {
diff --git a/common/config/libconfig/config_libconfig.c b/common/config/libconfig/config_libconfig.c
index 64737e406733982e55c8968b555e2d21e68aea5b..a41a4dab336d56648cce638e9c0f9a65b40c962a 100644
--- a/common/config/libconfig/config_libconfig.c
+++ b/common/config/libconfig/config_libconfig.c
@@ -576,8 +576,10 @@ int config_libconfig_init(configmodule_interface_t *cfg)
    config_set_auto_convert (&(libconfig_privdata.cfg), CONFIG_TRUE);
   /* Read the file. If there is an error, report it and exit. */
   if( config_read_file(&(libconfig_privdata.cfg), libconfig_privdata.configfile) == CONFIG_FALSE) {
-    fprintf(stderr,"[LIBCONFIG] %s %d file %s - line %d: %s\n",__FILE__, __LINE__,
-            libconfig_privdata.configfile, config_error_line(&(libconfig_privdata.cfg)),
+    fprintf(stderr,
+            "[LIBCONFIG] file %s - line %d: %s\n",
+            libconfig_privdata.configfile,
+            config_error_line(&(libconfig_privdata.cfg)),
             config_error_text(&(libconfig_privdata.cfg)));
     config_destroy(&(libconfig_privdata.cfg));
     printf( "\n");