diff --git a/autogpt/config/config.py b/autogpt/config/config.py
index 80551514..be741fb3 100644
--- a/autogpt/config/config.py
+++ b/autogpt/config/config.py
@@ -174,11 +174,8 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
         Returns:
             None
         """
-        try:
-            with open(config_file) as file:
-                config_params = yaml.load(file, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            config_params = {}
+        with open(config_file) as file:
+            config_params = yaml.load(file, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
         self.openai_api_type = config_params.get("azure_api_type") or "azure"
         self.openai_api_base = config_params.get("azure_api_base") or ""
         self.openai_api_version = (