diff --git a/api-client/config.py b/api-client/config.py
index 7a01a5e..322c3c5 100644
--- a/api-client/config.py
+++ b/api-client/config.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ from types import MappingProxyType
 def get_cfg(env='qa'):
     environment_name = os.getenv('ENV_NAME', env)
     dotenv_path = f'.env.{environment_name}'
+    if not os.path.exists(dotenv_path):
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"{dotenv_path} does not exist")
     load_dotenv(dotenv_path)
 
     config_dict = {