diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c4d1689..bfdde98 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## Unreleased
+### Changed
+- Fix bug when default config paths do not exist.
 
 ## [0.1.11] - 2024-04-14
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/wuttjamaican/conf.py b/src/wuttjamaican/conf.py
index ee6ed4b..b022e4e 100644
--- a/src/wuttjamaican/conf.py
+++ b/src/wuttjamaican/conf.py
@@ -777,6 +777,8 @@ def get_config_paths(
                 files = [default_files]
             else:
                 files = list(default_files)
+            files = [path for path in files
+                     if os.path.exists(path)]
 
         else:
             files = []
diff --git a/tests/test_conf.py b/tests/test_conf.py
index c237377..e7a1933 100644
--- a/tests/test_conf.py
+++ b/tests/test_conf.py
@@ -437,6 +437,12 @@ winsvc.RattailFileMonitor = /path/to/other/file
         files = conf.get_config_paths(files=[myconf], winsvc='RattailFileMonitor')
         self.assertEqual(files, ['/path/to/other/file'])
 
+    def test_nonexistent_default_files(self):
+        files = conf.get_config_paths(files=None,
+                                      env_files_name='IGNORE_THIS',
+                                      default_files=['/this/does/not/exist'])
+        self.assertEqual(files, [])
+
 
 class TestMakeConfig(FileConfigTestCase):