diff --git a/kiln-controller.py b/kiln-controller.py
index 5039b4d..cbb3801 100755
--- a/kiln-controller.py
+++ b/kiln-controller.py
@@ -13,12 +13,8 @@ from gevent.pywsgi import WSGIServer
 from geventwebsocket.handler import WebSocketHandler
 from geventwebsocket import WebSocketError
 
-try:
-    import config
-except:
-    print ("Could not import config file.")
-    print ("Copy config.py.EXAMPLE to config.py and adapt it for your setup.")
-    exit(1)
+# try/except removed here on purpose so folks can see why things break
+import config
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=config.log_level, format=config.log_format)
 log = logging.getLogger("kiln-controller")