diff --git a/web/src/main/java/se/inera/intyg/webcert/web/csintegration/certificate/GetUnitNotificationConfig.java b/web/src/main/java/se/inera/intyg/webcert/web/csintegration/certificate/GetUnitNotificationConfig.java
index c4eef23903..adf97a2adc 100644
--- a/web/src/main/java/se/inera/intyg/webcert/web/csintegration/certificate/GetUnitNotificationConfig.java
+++ b/web/src/main/java/se/inera/intyg/webcert/web/csintegration/certificate/GetUnitNotificationConfig.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -52,8 +53,11 @@ public List<RegionNotificationConfig> get() {
                     new TypeReference<>() {
                     });
                 log.info("Integrated Unit Notification was loaded with configuration: {}", integratedUnitNotificationConfig);
+            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+                log.warn("File not found: {}. Returning empty configuration.", unitNotificationConfigPath);
+                return Collections.emptyList();
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.info("No Integrated Unit Notification was loaded, returning empty configuration map. Reason: {}", e.getMessage());
+                log.error("Failed to load Integrated Unit Notification configuration. Reason: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
                 return Collections.emptyList();
             }
         }
diff --git a/web/src/test/java/se/inera/intyg/webcert/web/csintegration/certificate/GetUnitNotificationConfigTest.java b/web/src/test/java/se/inera/intyg/webcert/web/csintegration/certificate/GetUnitNotificationConfigTest.java
index 02e759d77c..d5ece2843f 100644
--- a/web/src/test/java/se/inera/intyg/webcert/web/csintegration/certificate/GetUnitNotificationConfigTest.java
+++ b/web/src/test/java/se/inera/intyg/webcert/web/csintegration/certificate/GetUnitNotificationConfigTest.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ class GetUnitNotificationConfigTest {
     @InjectMocks
     private GetUnitNotificationConfig getUnitNotificationConfig;
 
-
     @Test
     void shallReturnEmptyListIfPathIsInvalid() {
         ReflectionTestUtils.setField(getUnitNotificationConfig, "unitNotificationConfigPath", INVALID_PATH);
@@ -53,6 +52,13 @@ void shallReturnEmptyListIfPathIsInvalid() {
         assertTrue(result.isEmpty());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void shallReturnEmptyListIfPathIsMissing() {
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(getUnitNotificationConfig, "unitNotificationConfigPath", null);
+        final var result = getUnitNotificationConfig.get();
+        assertTrue(result.isEmpty());
+    }
+
     @Test
     void shallReturnListOfIntegratedUnitNotificationConfig() {
         final var expectedRegionNotificationConfig = RegionNotificationConfig.builder()