diff --git a/git_aggregator/config.py b/git_aggregator/config.py
index 2a208d7..c1c80b5 100644
--- a/git_aggregator/config.py
+++ b/git_aggregator/config.py
@@ -104,11 +104,15 @@ def get_repos(config):
 
 def load_config(config):
     """Return repos from a directory and fnmatch. Not recursive.
-    :param configs: paths to config file
-    :type path: list
+
+    :param config: paths to config file
+    :type config: str
     :returns: expanded config dict item
     :rtype: iter(dict)
     """
+    if not os.path.exists(config):
+        raise ConfigException('Unable to find configuration file: %s' % config)
+
     fExt = os.path.splitext(config)[-1]
     conf = kaptan.Kaptan(handler=fExt.lstrip('.'))
     conf.import_config(config)
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 1896a05..d1a8005 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # © 2015 ACSONE SA/NV
 # License AGPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0-standalone.html)
+import os
+import tempfile
 import unittest
 import kaptan
 
@@ -218,3 +220,32 @@ def test_load_target_exception(self):
         self.assertEquals(
             ex.exception.args[0],
             '/product_attribute: Target remote oba not defined in remotes.')
+
+    def test_import_config__not_found(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ConfigException) as exc:
+            config.load_config("not_found.yaml")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            "Unable to find configuration file: not_found.yaml",
+            str(exc.exception)
+        )
+
+    def test_import_config(self):
+        data_yaml = """
+/test:
+    remotes:
+        oca: https://github.com/test/test.git
+    merges:
+        - oca 8.0
+    target: oca aggregated_branch_name
+"""
+
+        _, config_path = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix='.yaml')
+        try:
+            with open(config_path, 'w') as config_file:
+                config_file.write(data_yaml)
+
+            repos = config.load_config(config_file.name)
+            self.assertEquals(len(repos), 1)
+        finally:
+            if os.path.exists(config_path):
+                os.remove(config_path)