diff --git a/nzbtomedia/Transcoder.py b/nzbtomedia/Transcoder.py
index 04d79c14..a26a642c 100644
--- a/nzbtomedia/Transcoder.py
+++ b/nzbtomedia/Transcoder.py
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ class Transcoder:
                 ffmpeg = 'ffmpeg'
             useNiceness = True
 
-        logger.info("Loading config from %s", nzbtomedia.CONFIG_FILE)
-
-        if not nzbtomedia.CFG:
-            logger.error("You need an autoProcessMedia.cfg file - did you rename and edit the .sample?")
-            return 1 # failure
-
         mediaContainer = (nzbtomedia.CFG["Transcoder"]["duplicate"])
         duplicate = int(nzbtomedia.CFG["Transcoder"]["duplicate"])
         ignoreExtensions = (nzbtomedia.CFG["Transcoder"]["ignoreExtensions"])
diff --git a/nzbtomedia/extractor/extractor.py b/nzbtomedia/extractor/extractor.py
index 0ed7b64d..e577db16 100644
--- a/nzbtomedia/extractor/extractor.py
+++ b/nzbtomedia/extractor/extractor.py
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ def extract(filePath, outputDestination):
     # Create outputDestination folder
     create_destination(outputDestination)
 
-    logger.info("Loading config from %s", nzbtomedia.CONFIG_FILE)
-
     passwordsfile = nzbtomedia.CFG["passwords"]["PassWordFile"]
     if passwordsfile != "" and os.path.isfile(os.path.normpath(passwordsfile)):
         passwords = [line.strip() for line in open(os.path.normpath(passwordsfile))]