diff --git a/delojza.py b/delojza.py
index aac2830..6dc76b9 100755
--- a/delojza.py
+++ b/delojza.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import unicodedata
-from configparser import ConfigParser
+from configparser import ConfigParser, NoSectionError
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from glob import glob
 from operator import itemgetter
@@ -796,10 +796,15 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         logging.warning("Didn't find `initial.txt`, continuing without markov blabbering!")
         markov = None
 
+    try:
+        redirects = config.items('redirects')
+    except NoSectionError:
+        redirects = {}
+
     delojza = DelojzaBot(config.get('delojza', 'tg_api_key'),
                          config.get('delojza', 'OUT_DIR', fallback=os.path.join(_DIR_, "out")),
                          tmp_dir=config.get('delojza', 'tmp_dir', fallback=tempfile.gettempdir()),
-                         redirects=config.items('redirects'),
+                         redirects=redirects,
                          protected_password=config.get('delojza', 'protected_password', fallback=None),
                          acoustid_key=config.get('delojza', 'acoustid_api_key', fallback=None),
                          tumblr_name=config.get('tumblr', 'blog_name', fallback=None),