diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 1414edd..36b1a4b 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 0.26-dev
 
+  Fix bug hiding the error message when an existing configuration file
+  isn't readable.
+
   If a plugin running the ehlo hook add something to the ARRAY
   reference $self->transaction->notes('capabilities') then it will be
   added to the EHLO response.
diff --git a/lib/Qpsmtpd.pm b/lib/Qpsmtpd.pm
index d09b4dd..7f24e27 100644
--- a/lib/Qpsmtpd.pm
+++ b/lib/Qpsmtpd.pm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ sub get_qmail_config {
     return \%h;
   }
 
-  open CF, "<$configfile" or warn "$$ could not open configfile $configfile: $!", return;
+  open CF, "<$configfile" or warn "$$ could not open configfile $configfile: $!" and return;
   my @config = <CF>;
   chomp @config;
   @config = grep { $_ and $_ !~ m/^\s*#/ and $_ =~ m/\S/} @config;