diff --git a/src/app/cosmic.rs b/src/app/cosmic.rs
index 9814cf70..17331832 100644
--- a/src/app/cosmic.rs
+++ b/src/app/cosmic.rs
@@ -369,6 +369,12 @@ where
                         .into_iter()
                         .filter(cosmic_config::Error::is_err)
                     {
+                        if let cosmic_config::Error::GetKey(_, err) = &why {
+                            if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound {
+                                // No system default config installed; don't error
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                        }
                         tracing::error!(?why, "cosmic toolkit config update error");
                     }
 
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index dedadbc2..1253ce8d 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ pub static COSMIC_TK: LazyLock<RwLock<CosmicTk>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
             .map(|c| {
                 CosmicTk::get_entry(&c).unwrap_or_else(|(errors, mode)| {
                     for why in errors.into_iter().filter(cosmic_config::Error::is_err) {
+                        if let cosmic_config::Error::GetKey(_, err) = &why {
+                            if err.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound {
+                                // No system default config installed; don't error
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                        }
                         tracing::error!(?why, "CosmicTk config entry error");
                     }
                     mode