diff --git a/config.cc b/config.cc
index fba21aa6..79a3e26e 100644
--- a/config.cc
+++ b/config.cc
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ namespace
     return result;
   }
 
-  QString getConfigFileName()
-  {
-    return getHomeDir().absoluteFilePath( "config" );
-  }
 }
 
 ProxyServer::ProxyServer(): enabled( false ), type( Socks5 ), port( 3128 )
@@ -1559,6 +1555,11 @@ void save( Class const & c ) throw( exError )
   renameAtomically( configFile.fileName(), getConfigFileName() );
 }
 
+QString getConfigFileName()
+{
+  return getHomeDir().absoluteFilePath( "config" );
+}
+
 QString getConfigDir() throw( exError )
 {
   return getHomeDir().path() + QDir::separator();
diff --git a/config.hh b/config.hh
index ef5ece6f..042b1780 100644
--- a/config.hh
+++ b/config.hh
@@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ Class load() throw( exError );
 /// Saves the configuration
 void save( Class const & ) throw( exError );
 
+/// Returns the configuration file name.
+QString getConfigFileName();
+
 /// Returns the main configuration directory.
 QString getConfigDir() throw( exError );
 
diff --git a/main.cc b/main.cc
index 7384e084..6846000b 100644
--- a/main.cc
+++ b/main.cc
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "termination.hh"
+#include "atomic_rename.hh"
 
 #include <QWebSecurityOrigin>
+#include <QMessageBox>
 
 int main( int argc, char ** argv )
 {
@@ -119,7 +121,27 @@ int main( int argc, char ** argv )
     app.setWindowIcon( QIcon( ":/icons/macicon.png" ) );
   #endif
 
-  Config::Class cfg( Config::load() );
+  Config::Class cfg;
+  for( ; ; )
+  {
+    try
+    {
+      cfg = Config::Class( Config::load() );
+    }
+    catch( Config::exError )
+    {
+      QMessageBox mb( QMessageBox::Warning, "GoldenDict", "Error in configuration file. Continue with default settings?",
+                      QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No );
+      mb.exec();
+      if( mb.result() != QMessageBox::Yes )
+        return -1;
+
+      QString configFile = Config::getConfigFileName();
+      renameAtomically( configFile, configFile + ".bad" );
+      continue;
+    }
+    break;
+  }
 
   if ( Config::isPortableVersion() )
   {