diff --git a/plugins/gogs/index.py b/plugins/gogs/index.py
index 82f4e18d9..76b8edb3a 100755
--- a/plugins/gogs/index.py
+++ b/plugins/gogs/index.py
@@ -216,8 +216,11 @@ def getRootPath():
 
 
 def getDbConfValue():
-    content = mw.readFile(getConf())
+    conf = getConf()
+    if not os.path.exists(conf):
+        return {}
 
+    content = mw.readFile(conf)
     rep_scope = "\[database\](.*?)\["
     tmp = re.findall(rep_scope, content, re.S)