diff --git a/Snakefile b/Snakefile
index 83530df7..14ce0e40 100644
--- a/Snakefile
+++ b/Snakefile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from snakemake.utils import min_version
 min_version("7.7")
 
 
-if not exists("config/config.yaml"):
+if not exists("config/config.yaml") and exists("config/config.default.yaml"):
     copyfile("config/config.default.yaml", "config/config.yaml")