diff --git a/conf/init/nginx_conf_create.sh b/conf/init/nginx_conf_create.sh
index d3ffa002e..a6b3934ed 100755
--- a/conf/init/nginx_conf_create.sh
+++ b/conf/init/nginx_conf_create.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ def generate_server_config(config):
   """
   Generates server config from the app config
   """
-  tuf_server = config.get('TUF_SERVER', None)
-  signing_enabled = config.get('FEATURE_SIGNING', False)
+  if config:
+    tuf_server = config.get('TUF_SERVER', None)
+    signing_enabled = config.get('FEATURE_SIGNING', False)
+  else:
+    tuf_server = None
+    signing_enabled = False
 
   write_config('conf/nginx/server-base.conf',
                tuf_server=tuf_server,
@@ -37,7 +41,10 @@ def generate_server_config(config):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-  with open('conf/stack/config.yaml', 'r') as f:
-    config = yaml.load(f)
+  if os.path.exists('conf/stack/config.yaml'):
+    with open('conf/stack/config.yaml', 'r') as f:
+      config = yaml.load(f)
+  else:
+    config = None
   generate_server_config(config)
   generate_nginx_config()