diff --git a/src/Alertify/config.py b/src/Alertify/config.py
index 8af303b..b9f504f 100644
--- a/src/Alertify/config.py
+++ b/src/Alertify/config.py
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ class Config:
         logging.debug('Parsing config')
         parsed = {}
 
-        try:
-            with open(configfile, 'r') as file:
-                parsed = yaml.safe_load(file.read())
-        except FileNotFoundError as error:
-            logging.warning('No config file found (%s)', error.filename)
-        except TypeError:
-            logging.warning('No config file provided.')
+        if configfile is not None:
+            try:
+                with open(configfile, 'r') as file:
+                    parsed = yaml.safe_load(file.read())
+            except FileNotFoundError as error:
+                logging.warning('No config file found (%s)', error.filename)
+            except TypeError:
+                logging.warning('No config file provided.')
 
         # Iterate over the config defaults and check for environment variable
         #   overrides, then check for any items in the config, otherwise