diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
index 5fd9832e..0bc998ac 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ source ${colfile}
 # Constructed to return nothing when
 # a) the setting is not present in the config file, or
 # b) the setting is commented out (e.g. "#DBFILE=...")
-DBFILE="$(sed -n -e 's/^\s^.DBFILE\s*=\s*//p' /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf)"
+DBFILE="$(sed -n -e 's/^\s^.DBFILE\s*=\s*//p' /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf 2> /dev/null)"
 # Test for empty string. Use standard path in this case.
 if [ -z "$DBFILE" ]; then
   DBFILE="/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db"