diff --git a/src/util.spec.ts b/src/util.spec.ts
index b30032e..74c490e 100644
--- a/src/util.spec.ts
+++ b/src/util.spec.ts
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ describe('util', () => {
         });
     });
 
-    describe.only('getOptionsFromJson', () => {
+    describe('getOptionsFromJson', () => {
         beforeEach(() => {
             fsExtra.ensureDirSync(rootDir);
             process.chdir(rootDir);
@@ -465,24 +465,16 @@ describe('util', () => {
             });
         });
 
-        it(`can't find file`, () => {
-            fsExtra.writeJsonSync(s`${rootDir}/rokudeployed.json`, { host: '1.2.3.4' });
-            expect(
-                util.getOptionsFromJson({ cwd: rootDir })
-            ).to.eql(undefined);
-
-        });
-
         it(`loads cwd from process`, () => {
             try {
+                fsExtra.writeJsonSync(s`${process.cwd()}/rokudeploy.json`, { host: '1.2.3.4' });
                 expect(
-                    mainSceneEntries,
-                    `Should only be one files entry for 'components/MainScene.brs'`
-                ).to.be.lengthOf(1);
-                expect(s`${mainSceneEntries[0].src}`).to.eql(s`${thisRootDir}/../.tmp/MainScene.brs`);
+                    util.getOptionsFromJson()
+                ).to.eql({
+                    host: '1.2.3.4'
+                });
             } finally {
-                //clean up
-                await fsExtra.remove(s`${thisRootDir}/../`);
+                fsExtra.removeSync(s`${process.cwd()}/rokudeploy.json`);
             }
 
         });
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 2895b06..56df6d3 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -449,23 +449,25 @@ export class Util {
         const cwd = options?.cwd ?? process.cwd();
         const configPath = path.join(cwd, 'rokudeploy.json');
 
-        let configFileText = fsExtra.readFileSync(configPath).toString();
-        let parseErrors = [] as ParseError[];
-        fileOptions = parseJsonc(configFileText, parseErrors, {
-            allowEmptyContent: true,
-            allowTrailingComma: true,
-            disallowComments: false
-        });
-        if (parseErrors.length > 0) {
-            throw new Error(`Error parsing "${path.resolve(configPath)}": ` + JSON.stringify(
-                parseErrors.map(x => {
-                    return {
-                        message: printParseErrorCode(x.error),
-                        offset: x.offset,
-                        length: x.length
-                    };
-                })
-            ));
+        if (fsExtra.existsSync(configPath)) {
+            let configFileText = fsExtra.readFileSync(configPath).toString();
+            let parseErrors = [] as ParseError[];
+            fileOptions = parseJsonc(configFileText, parseErrors, {
+                allowEmptyContent: true,
+                allowTrailingComma: true,
+                disallowComments: false
+            });
+            if (parseErrors.length > 0) {
+                throw new Error(`Error parsing "${path.resolve(configPath)}": ` + JSON.stringify(
+                    parseErrors.map(x => {
+                        return {
+                            message: printParseErrorCode(x.error),
+                            offset: x.offset,
+                            length: x.length
+                        };
+                    })
+                ));
+            }
         }
         return fileOptions;
     }