diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_db/mod_db.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_db/mod_db.c
index 6bf08a3c98..f0c1e6109c 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_db/mod_db.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_db/mod_db.c
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ static switch_status_t do_config()
 	limit_config_dsn.pool = globals.pool;
 
 	if (switch_xml_config_parse_module_settings("db.conf", SWITCH_FALSE, config_settings) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
-		return SWITCH_STATUS_TERM;
+		switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_SESSION_LOG(session), SWITCH_LOG_WARNING, "No config file found, defaulting to sqlite\n", DB_USAGE);
 	}
 
 	if (globals.odbc_dsn) {