diff --git a/configuration.c b/configuration.c
index 9466297889..6ab27eec06 100644
--- a/configuration.c
+++ b/configuration.c
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ bool config_load_override(void)
 
    new_conf = NULL;
 
-   /* Create a new config file from core_path */
+   /* Create a new config file from game_path */
    new_conf = config_file_new(game_path);
 
    /* Append game-specific */
@@ -1736,6 +1736,8 @@ bool config_load_override(void)
 
    if(should_append)
       config_load_file(global->config_path, false);
+    else
+       return false;
 
    return true;   /* only means no errors were caught */
 }
diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 0ca5946b64..054ce9a859 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -1886,7 +1886,8 @@ static bool init_core(void)
    driver_t *driver = driver_get_ptr();
    global_t *global = global_get_ptr();
 
-   config_load_override();
+   if(!config_load_override());
+      RARCH_ERR("Error loading override files");
 
    verify_api_version();
    pretro_init();