diff --git a/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/app.js b/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/app.js
index 16ffdc43..2494c8e8 100644
--- a/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/app.js
+++ b/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/app.js
@@ -819,36 +819,33 @@ function returnAbsolsutePath(path) {
 
 var z_title = "zefie's wtv minisrv v" + require('./package.json').version;
 console.log("**** Welcome to " + z_title + " ****");
-console.log(" *** Reading global configuration...");
-try {
-    var minisrv_config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + "/config.json"));
-} catch (e) {
-    throw ("ERROR: Could not read config.json", e);
+var read_config = false;
+
+if (fs.existsSync(__dirname + "/user_config.json")) {
+    try {
+        var minisrv_config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + "/user_config.json"));
+        console.log(" *** Reading user configuration...");
+        read_config = true;
+    }
+    catch (e) {
+        console.log("Error reading user_config.json, failling back to global config", e);
+    }
 }
+
+if (fs.existsSync(__dirname + "/config.json") && !read_config) {
+    try {
+        console.log(" *** Reading global configuration...");
+        var minisrv_config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + "/config.json"));
+        read_config = true;
+    } catch (e) {
+        console.log ("ERROR: Could not read config.json", e);
+    }
+}
+
 var service_vaults = new Array();
 
-try {
-    if (fs.lstatSync(__dirname + "/user_config.json")) {
-        console.log(" *** Reading user configuration...");
-        try {
-            var minisrv_user_config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + "/user_config.json")); 
-        } catch (e) {
-            console.log("ERROR: Could not read user_config.json", e);
-            var throw_me = true;
-        }
-        // file exists and we read and parsed it, but the variable is undefined
-        // Likely a syntax parser error that did not trip the exception check above
-        try {
-            minisrv_config = integrateConfig(minisrv_config, minisrv_user_config)
-        } catch (e) {
-            console.log("ERROR: Could not read user_config.json", e);
-        }
-    }
-} catch (e) {
-    if (zdebug) console.log(" * Notice: Could not find user configuration (user_config.json). Using default configuration.");
-}
 
-if (throw_me) {
+if (!read_config) {
     throw ("An error has occured while reading the configuration files.");
 }
 
diff --git a/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/user_config.example.json b/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/user_config.example.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b6e9f49a..00000000
--- a/zefie_wtvp_minisrv/user_config.example.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"config": {
-		"service_ip": "192.168.11.8",
-		"service_name": "MyWebTV",
-		"send_tellyscripts": true,
-		"hide_ssid_in_logs": true,
-		"verbosity": 0
-	},
-	"services": {
-		"wtv-log": {
-			"write_logs_to_disk": true
-		},
-		"wtv-some-custom-service": {
-			"port": 1609,
-			"connections": 1
-		},
-		"wtv-tricks": {
-			"service_ip": "192.168.11.8",
-			"port": 1702,
-			"nobind": true
-		},
-		"wtv-music": {
-			"disabled": true
-		}
-	}
-}
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