diff --git a/gns3server/modules/iou/iou_vm.py b/gns3server/modules/iou/iou_vm.py
index cb5f917d..7323b9d7 100644
--- a/gns3server/modules/iou/iou_vm.py
+++ b/gns3server/modules/iou/iou_vm.py
@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ class IOUVM(BaseVM):
             return
 
         config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        if self.iourc_path is None:
+            raise IOUError("Could not found iourc file")
         try:
             with open(self.iourc_path) as f:
                 config.read_file(f)