diff --git a/backend/UserConfig.ts b/backend/UserConfig.ts
index a138c498..e7f6f99e 100644
--- a/backend/UserConfig.ts
+++ b/backend/UserConfig.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class UserConfig {
 		const config = (typeof c === 'string' ? JSON.parse(c) : c) as UserConfiguration;
 
 		if (!Checkers.uploadsDir(config.uploadsDir)) throw new Error(`Unable to access uploads directory: ${config.uploadsDir}`);
-		if (!Checkers.idType(config.idType)) throw new Error('Invalid ID type');
+		if (!Checkers.idType(config.idType)) throw new Error(`Invalid ID type: ${config.idType}`);
 		if (!Checkers.idSize(config.idSize)) throw new Error('Invalid ID size');
 		if (!Checkers.gfySize(config.gfySize)) throw new Error('Invalid Gfy size');
 		if (!Checkers.maximumFileSize(config.maximumFileSize)) throw new Error('Invalid maximum file size');
diff --git a/backend/app.ts b/backend/app.ts
index a78f9d7d..35754f12 100644
--- a/backend/app.ts
+++ b/backend/app.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ async function main() {
 
 	// Attempt to load user configuration
 	const readUserConfig = (): Promise<void> => new Promise((resolve) =>
-		UserConfig.readConfigFile().then(() => resolve(void 0)).catch((err) => (console.error(err), resolve(void 0))));
+		UserConfig.readConfigFile().then(() => resolve(void 0)).catch((err) => (err.code && err.code === 'ENOENT' ? {} : console.error(err), resolve(void 0))));
 	await readUserConfig();
 
 	// Set up Express