diff --git a/gravity-sync.sh b/gravity-sync.sh
index d8ca272..2115e14 100755
--- a/gravity-sync.sh
+++ b/gravity-sync.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Gravity Sync by vmstan
-VERSION='1.1.3'
+VERSION='1.1.4'
 
 # Must execute from a location in the home folder of the user who own's it (ex: /home/pi/gravity-sync)
 # Configure certificate based SSH authentication between the Pihole HA nodes - it does not use passwords
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ VERSION='1.1.3'
 
 # You must define REMOTE_HOST and REMOTE_USER in a file called 'gravity-sync.conf' -- see above documentation 
 
-# IMPORT SETTINGS
-source gravity-sync.conf
-
 # PUSH SETTINGS
 
 # CUSTOMIZATION
@@ -34,6 +31,20 @@ NC='\033[0m'
 
 ##############################################
 
+# IMPORT SETTINGS
+if [ -f ~/${LOCAL_FOLDR}/gravity-sync.conf ]
+then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}Success${NC}: Importing gravity-sync.conf settings"
+	source gravity-sync.conf
+	echo -e "Configured for ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST}"
+else
+	echo -e "${RED}Failure${NC}: Required file gravity-sync.conf is missing!"
+	echo -e "Please review installation documentation for more information"
+	exit
+fi
+
+##############################################
+
 # print title
 # echo -e "${GREEN}Gravity Sync ${VERSION}${NC}"