diff --git a/src/cw/cfg.c b/src/cw/cfg.c
index 60665c70..aa44c03d 100644
--- a/src/cw/cfg.c
+++ b/src/cw/cfg.c
@@ -368,5 +368,8 @@ int cw_cfg_load(const char *filename,cw_Cfg_t * cfg)
 		return errno;
 	errs = cw_cfg_read_from_file(f,cfg);
 	fclose(f);
-	return errs;
+
+	if (errs)
+		errno = EINVAL;
+	return errno;
 }