diff --git a/app/config/import.ts b/app/config/import.ts
index 11810033..69213a92 100644
--- a/app/config/import.ts
+++ b/app/config/import.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ const _importConf = () => {
   try {
     userCfg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(cfgPath, 'utf8'));
   } catch (err) {
-    _write(cfgPath, defaultCfgRaw);
+    notify("Couldn't parse config file. Using default config instead.");
     userCfg = JSON.parse(defaultCfgRaw);
   }