diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/startup/ClientAppConfig.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/startup/ClientAppConfig.java
index 13310b370813311aa3f9ec0e395036c5e06f4211..70d61f346fe8ad307eb66d0c981699a502ab2698 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/startup/ClientAppConfig.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/startup/ClientAppConfig.java
@@ -47,13 +47,15 @@ public class ClientAppConfig {
             cfgFile = new File(ctx.getConfigDir(), clientConfigFile);
         
         // fall back to use router.config's clientApp.* lines
-        if (!cfgFile.exists()) 
+        if (!cfgFile.exists()) {
+            System.out.println("Warning - No client config file " + cfgFile.getAbsolutePath());
             return ctx.router().getConfigMap();
+        }
         
         try {
             DataHelper.loadProps(rv, cfgFile);
         } catch (IOException ioe) {
-            // _log.warn("Error loading the client app properties from " + cfgFile.getName(), ioe);
+            System.out.println("Error loading the client app properties from " + cfgFile.getAbsolutePath() + ' ' + ioe);
         }
         
         return rv;
diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/startup/LoadClientAppsJob.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/startup/LoadClientAppsJob.java
index 3923adec159a8b7417d215f6470b316c6e943188..0f86f5b61b3f02813f9bd96b863d8d211f379f54 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/startup/LoadClientAppsJob.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/startup/LoadClientAppsJob.java
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ public class LoadClientAppsJob extends JobImpl {
             _loaded = true;
         }
         List apps = ClientAppConfig.getClientApps(getContext());
+        if (apps.size() <= 0) {
+            _log.error("Warning - No client apps or router console configured - we are just a router");
+            System.err.println("Warning - No client apps or router console configured - we are just a router");
+            return;
+        }
         for(int i = 0; i < apps.size(); i++) {
             ClientAppConfig app = (ClientAppConfig) apps.get(i);
             if (app.disabled)