diff --git a/wcsinst/wcsinstd/deploy.py b/wcsinst/wcsinstd/deploy.py
index 08dcefc..b57929b 100644
--- a/wcsinst/wcsinstd/deploy.py
+++ b/wcsinst/wcsinstd/deploy.py
@@ -60,14 +60,18 @@ class DeployInstance(object):
             open(path, 'w').write(data)
         z.close()
 
-        wcs_cfg = cPickle.load(file(os.path.join(self.collectivity_install_dir, 'config.pck')))
+        config_file = os.path.join(self.collectivity_install_dir, 'config.pck')
+        if os.path.exists(config_file):
+            wcs_cfg = cPickle.load(file(os.path.join(self.collectivity_install_dir, 'config.pck')))
+        else:
+            wcs_cfg = {}
         # TODO: there are some settings to change in wcs_cfg
         # (like the name of the database)
 
         self.make_sso_config(wcs_cfg)
         self.make_site_options()
 
-        cPickle.dump(wcs_cfg, file(os.path.join(self.collectivity_install_dir, 'config.pck'), 'w'))
+        cPickle.dump(wcs_cfg, file(config_file, 'w'))
 
         self.make_apache_vhost()
         self.reload_apache()