diff --git a/brightctl b/brightctl
index c2665b4..6fccfe6 100755
--- a/brightctl
+++ b/brightctl
@@ -50,13 +50,18 @@ get_parser_location () {
 checkout_config () {
     local parser_location="$(get_parser_location)"
 
-    [[ -z "$parser_location" ]] && verbose && echo "Unable to find the 'read_ini.sh' file, which is used to read the config file. Will be using the default vlaues of the script." && return 0
-
-    verbose && echo "Sourcing the ini parser"
-    source "$parser_location"
-
-    verbose && echo "Reading the config file"
-    read_ini "$CONFIG_PATH"
+    if [[ ! -z "$parser_location" ]]; then
+        verbose && echo "Sourcing the ini parser"
+        source "$parser_location"
+        if [[ -f "$CONFIG_PATH" ]]; then
+            verbose && echo "Reading the config file '$CONFIG_PATH'"
+            read_ini "$CONFIG_PATH"
+        else
+            verbose && echo "Unable to find the config file '$CONFIG_PATH', using default script values"
+        fi
+    else
+        verbose && echo "Unable to find the 'read_ini.sh' file, which is used to read the config file. Will be using the default vlaues of the script." 
+    fi
 
     BRIGHTNESS_CONTROLLER=${INI__Controller__brightness_controller:-$DEFAULT_BRIGHTNESS_CONTROLLER}
     INCREASE_FLAG=${INI__Controller__increase_flag:-$DEFAULT_INCREASE_FLAG}
@@ -73,20 +78,20 @@ checkout_config () {
     NOTIFICATION_ENABLED=${INI__Notification__enabled:-$DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_ENABLED}
     NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT=${INI__Notification__timeout:-$DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT}
 
-    verbose && echo "" && echo "After parsing the config file, variables are:" && \
-    echo "BRIGHTNESS_CONTROLLER: '$BRIGHTNESS_CONTROLLER'" && \
-    echo "INCREASE_FLAG: '$INCREASE_FLAG'" && \
-    echo "DECREASE_FLAG: '$DECREASE_FLAG'" && \
-    echo "SET_BRIGHTNESS_FLAG: '$SET_BRIGHTNESS_FLAG'" && \
-    echo "GET_BRIGHTNESS_FLAG: '$GET_BRIGHTNESS_FLAG'" && \
-    echo "ADDITIONAL_FLAGS: '$ADDITIONAL_FLAGS'" && \
-    echo "NORMAL_DELTA: '$NORMAL_DELTA'" && \
-    echo "BIG_DELTA: '$BIG_DELTA'" && \
-    echo "BRIGTHNESS_MAX: '$BRIGTHNESS_MAX'" && \
-    echo "BRIGTHNESS_MIN: '$BRIGTHNESS_MIN'" && \
-    echo "NOTIFICATION_ENABLED: '$NOTIFICATION_ENABLED'" && \
-    echo "NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT: '$NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT'" && \
-    echo ""
+    verbose && echo "" && echo "Variables are:" && \
+        echo "BRIGHTNESS_CONTROLLER: '$BRIGHTNESS_CONTROLLER'" && \
+        echo "INCREASE_FLAG: '$INCREASE_FLAG'" && \
+        echo "DECREASE_FLAG: '$DECREASE_FLAG'" && \
+        echo "SET_BRIGHTNESS_FLAG: '$SET_BRIGHTNESS_FLAG'" && \
+        echo "GET_BRIGHTNESS_FLAG: '$GET_BRIGHTNESS_FLAG'" && \
+        echo "ADDITIONAL_FLAGS: '$ADDITIONAL_FLAGS'" && \
+        echo "NORMAL_DELTA: '$NORMAL_DELTA'" && \
+        echo "BIG_DELTA: '$BIG_DELTA'" && \
+        echo "BRIGTHNESS_MAX: '$BRIGTHNESS_MAX'" && \
+        echo "BRIGTHNESS_MIN: '$BRIGTHNESS_MIN'" && \
+        echo "NOTIFICATION_ENABLED: '$NOTIFICATION_ENABLED'" && \
+        echo "NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT: '$NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT'" && \
+        echo ""
 
 }
 
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ notify () {
     local brightness=$(get_brightness | sed 's/\..*$//')
     local cmd="dunstify -h int:value:$brightness -t $NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT -h string:x-dunst-stack-tag:volume -i \"xfpm-brightness-lcd\" \"Brightness ($brightness%)\""
     [[ $NOTIFICATION_ENABLED -eq 1 ]] && sh -c "$cmd"
-    verbose && ( [[ $NOTIFICATION_ENABLED -eq 1 ]] && echo "Notified with \`$cmd\`" || echo "Didn't notify" )
+    # verbose && ( [[ $NOTIFICATION_ENABLED -eq 1 ]] && echo "Notified with \`$cmd\`" || echo "Didn't notify" )
 }
 
 brightness_up_by () {