diff --git a/roles/protonvpn/files/protonvpn-watchdog.py b/roles/protonvpn/files/protonvpn-watchdog.py
index eee6ba4..93f5315 100644
--- a/roles/protonvpn/files/protonvpn-watchdog.py
+++ b/roles/protonvpn/files/protonvpn-watchdog.py
@@ -174,6 +174,16 @@ class AsyncDaemon(BaseAsyncDaemon):
     async def manage_serverlist(self) -> None:
         while 1:
             self.serverlist = await self.get_serverlist()
+            try:
+                st = os.stat(self.CONFIG)
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                await self.reconfigure()
+            except OSError as e:
+                log.error('Error checking config file attributes: %s', e)
+                await self.reconfigure()
+            else:
+                if st.st_size < 10:
+                    await self.reconfigure()
             await asyncio.sleep(3600 + random.randint(0, 900))
 
     def mark_bad(self, addr: str) -> None: