diff --git a/src/entity_manager/entity_manager.cpp b/src/entity_manager/entity_manager.cpp
index 1511662..22f9a6a 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/entity_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager/entity_manager.cpp
@@ -599,8 +599,9 @@
     else
     {
         // not an error, just logging at this level to make it in the journal
+        std::error_code ec;
         std::cerr << "Clearing previous configuration\n";
-        std::filesystem::remove(currentConfiguration);
+        std::filesystem::remove(currentConfiguration, ec);
     }
 }