diff --git a/make_db b/make_db
index f3b64eff33c7e0fe3f02203656dbbd46b4dc9dca..2189a34247675d68a5a173e27070b637d23d9362 100755
--- a/make_db
+++ b/make_db
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ function _db_exists() {
         && return 0 || return 1
 }
 
-source .config
+source .config || true
 
 INSTALL_SQL_FILE="db_2_0.sql"
 if [ -z $LOGIN_PATH ] ; then