diff --git a/mythtv/libs/libmythupnp/configuration.cpp b/mythtv/libs/libmythupnp/configuration.cpp
index d092ac4..987a2ae 100644
--- a/mythtv/libs/libmythupnp/configuration.cpp
+++ b/mythtv/libs/libmythupnp/configuration.cpp
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ bool XmlConfiguration::Load( void )
     QString sName = m_sPath + '/' + m_sFileName;

     QFile  file( sName );
-
-    if (file.exists() && m_sFileName.length())  // Ignore empty filenames
+    bool exists = true; //file.exists();
+    if (exists && m_sFileName.length())  // Ignore empty filenames
     {

         if ( !file.open( QIODevice::ReadOnly ) )