diff --git a/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp b/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp
index f64f8910..251bdb12 100644
--- a/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/sdlmain.cpp
@@ -2098,9 +2098,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 
 	//Second parse -conf switches
 	while(control->cmdline->FindString("-conf",config_file,true)) {
-		if(!control->ParseConfigFile(config_file.c_str())) {
+		if (!control->ParseConfigFile(config_file.c_str())) {
 			// try to load it from the user directory
-			control->ParseConfigFile((config_path + config_file).c_str());
+			if (!control->ParseConfigFile((config_path + config_file).c_str())) {
+				LOG_MSG("CONFIG: Can't open specified config file: %s",config_file.c_str());
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	// if none found => parse localdir conf
diff --git a/src/misc/setup.cpp b/src/misc/setup.cpp
index 3df23b83..56d836de 100644
--- a/src/misc/setup.cpp
+++ b/src/misc/setup.cpp
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ bool Config::ParseConfigFile(char const * const configfilename) {
 	settings_type = (configfiles.size() == 0)? "primary":"additional";
 	configfiles.push_back(configfilename);
 
-	LOG_MSG("CONFIG:Loading %s settings from config file %s", settings_type,configfilename);
+	LOG_MSG("CONFIG: Loading %s settings from config file %s", settings_type,configfilename);
 
 	//Get directory from configfilename, used with relative paths.
 	current_config_dir=configfilename;