diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b79aab886..c485666fd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2008-07-12	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* src/core/config_mgr.cpp:
+	* src/core/main.cpp:
+	do not terminate silently if parsing of configuration file failed
+
 	* src/gui/automation_editor.cpp:
 	fixed drawing of bars which do not fit within current viewport
 
diff --git a/src/core/config_mgr.cpp b/src/core/config_mgr.cpp
index 60259583e..839d84b66 100644
--- a/src/core/config_mgr.cpp
+++ b/src/core/config_mgr.cpp
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ bool configManager::loadConfigFile( void )
 	{
 		if( !dom_tree.setContent( &cfg_file ) )
 		{
-			return( FALSE );
+		//	return( FALSE );
 		}
 		cfg_file.close();
 	}
diff --git a/src/core/main.cpp b/src/core/main.cpp
index 2d9d38c0e..309c7d253 100644
--- a/src/core/main.cpp
+++ b/src/core/main.cpp
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ int main( int argc, char * * argv )
 
 	if( !configManager::inst()->loadConfigFile() )
 	{
+		printf( "could not load config file!\n" );
 		return( EXIT_FAILURE );
 	}