diff --git a/notebooks/dev/debugging/config_routing.ipynb b/notebooks/dev/debugging/config_routing.ipynb
index eb7ec0dc..38aa4c78 100644
--- a/notebooks/dev/debugging/config_routing.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/dev/debugging/config_routing.ipynb
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "import os\n",
-    "from resurfemg.data_connector.config import Config"
+    "import logging\n",
+    "from resurfemg.data_connector.config import Config\n",
+    "\n",
+    "logging.basicConfig(\n",
+    "    level=logging.INFO,\n",
+    "    format=\"%(message)s\"\n",
+    ")"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -45,6 +51,16 @@
     "config.get_directory('non_existing_key')"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "ca933411",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "config.get_directory('simulated_data')"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
@@ -66,7 +82,7 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": ".venv_win312",
+   "display_name": ".venv_312_vogue (3.12.1)",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -80,7 +96,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.12.6"
+   "version": "3.12.1"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/resurfemg/data_connector/config.py b/resurfemg/data_connector/config.py
index c985f840..c9a3c48d 100644
--- a/resurfemg/data_connector/config.py
+++ b/resurfemg/data_connector/config.py
@@ -141,12 +141,10 @@ def __init__(self, location=None, configure=False, verbose=False,
         self.default_layout = self.get_default_layout()
         if configure:
             location = self.setup_config(location=location, force=force)
-        _path = self.load(location)
+        _path = self.load(location, verbose=verbose)
         self.parse_paths(_path)
         if configure:
             print(f'Created config. See and edit it at:\n {_path}\n')
-        elif verbose:
-            print(f'Loaded config from:\n {_path}\n')
         if verbose or configure:
             print('The following name-path combinations are configured:')
             self.print_config()
@@ -252,7 +250,7 @@ def get_default_layout(self):
             }
         return default_layout
 
-    def load(self, location):
+    def load(self, location, verbose=False):
         """
         This function loads the configuration file. If no location is specified
         it will try to load the configuration file from the default locations:
@@ -270,16 +268,28 @@ def load(self, location):
         locations = (
             [location] if location is not None else self.default_locations
         )
-
+        _failed_paths = []
         for _path in locations:
             try:
                 with open(_path) as f:
                     self._raw = json.load(f)
+                    if verbose:
+                        msg = f'Loaded config file from:\n{_path}'
+                        logging.info(msg)
                     break
             except Exception as e:
-                logging.info(
-                    'Failed to load config file from %s: %s', _path, e)
+                if isinstance(e, FileNotFoundError):
+                    _failed_paths.append(_path)
+                else:
+                    raise e
         else:
+            msg = (
+                'Config file not found in any of the following locations:\n'
+                + '\n'.join(_failed_paths)
+                + '\n\n'
+                + self.usage()
+            )
+            logging.error(msg)
             raise ValueError('Config file not found.' + self.usage())
         return _path