diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
index 39f9e1b7b223ffff8a9d6377fc0c601d7e030123..374bb76a8c763730410892e3d00a370d9d255319 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Configuration.php
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ class SimpleSAML_Configuration {
 	}
 
 	private function loadConfig() {
+		if (!file_exists($this->configpath . '/config.php')) {
+			echo 'You have not yet created a configuration file. [ <a href="http://rnd.feide.no/content/installing-simplesamlphp#id405868">simpleSAMLphp installation manual</a> ]';
+		}
 		require_once($this->configpath . '/config.php');
 		$this->configuration = $config;
 	}
diff --git a/www/_include.php b/www/_include.php
index e1322e90e10a75278c5c7ef0987721dcfc2c1411..4be2ad401254487d8b1273588e406b2e492c52e1 100644
--- a/www/_include.php
+++ b/www/_include.php
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ ini_set('include_path', $path);
 
 require_once('SimpleSAML/Configuration.php');
 
-SimpleSAML_Configuration::init(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/config');
+$configdir = dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/config';
+SimpleSAML_Configuration::init($configdir);