diff --git a/cmd/chirpstack-gateway-bridge/cmd/root.go b/cmd/chirpstack-gateway-bridge/cmd/root.go
index 04b1c9d9..86fe59f3 100644
--- a/cmd/chirpstack-gateway-bridge/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/chirpstack-gateway-bridge/cmd/root.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func Execute(v string) {
 }
 
 func initConfig() {
-	if cfgFiles != nil {
+	if cfgFiles != nil && len(*cfgFiles) != 0 {
 		var filesMerged []byte
 		for _, cfgFile := range *cfgFiles {
 			cfgFileContent, err := ioutil.ReadFile(cfgFile)