diff --git a/plugins/renamerOnUpdate/.gitignore b/plugins/renamerOnUpdate/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f85c6b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/renamerOnUpdate/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+config.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/renamerOnUpdate/renamerOnUpdate.py b/plugins/renamerOnUpdate/renamerOnUpdate.py
index fbbe8ac..df27ee5 100644
--- a/plugins/renamerOnUpdate/renamerOnUpdate.py
+++ b/plugins/renamerOnUpdate/renamerOnUpdate.py
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ try:
 except Exception:
     MODULE_UNIDECODE = False
 
+import log
 
 try:
-    import renamerOnUpdate_config as config
-except Exception:
     import config
-import log
+except Exception:
+    log.LogWarning("Could not import ROU config file, did you rename the template file to 'config.py'? Defaulting to template config file",file=sys.stderr)
+    import renamerOnUpdate_config as config
 
 
 DB_VERSION_FILE_REFACTOR = 32