diff --git a/lib/qasim/config.rb b/lib/qasim/config.rb
index 4b74ef9..0162c06 100644
--- a/lib/qasim/config.rb
+++ b/lib/qasim/config.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ module Qasim
 			#rdebug "Config: #{@config_dir}/config"
 
 			@maps = []
-			Find.find( @config_dir, APP_SYSCONFIG_DIR ) do |path|
+			map_dirs = [@config_dir, APP_SYSCONFIG_DIR].select{ |d|
+					File.exists? d and File.directory? d 
+			}
+			Find.find( *map_dirs ) do |path|
 				if File.file? path
 					if File.basename( path ) =~ /.map$/
 						begin