diff --git a/core/Config.php b/core/Config.php
index e28f581ea898ba0835b2cef7b08f6db18de85dea..f0b5c3ed264d09f97313bab6b586f827776df57e 100644
--- a/core/Config.php
+++ b/core/Config.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 namespace Piwik;
 
 use Exception;
+use Piwik\Config\ConfigNotFoundException;
 use Piwik\Ini\IniReader;
 use Piwik\Ini\IniReadingException;
 use Piwik\Ini\IniWriter;
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ class Config extends Singleton
     public function checkLocalConfigFound()
     {
         if (!$this->existsLocalConfig()) {
-            throw new Exception(Piwik::translate('General_ExceptionConfigurationFileNotFound', array($this->pathLocal)));
+            throw new ConfigNotFoundException(Piwik::translate('General_ExceptionConfigurationFileNotFound', array($this->pathLocal)));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/Config/ConfigNotFoundException.php b/core/Config/ConfigNotFoundException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5860367ba73227f2fbd263d1f2e33b9ae45fc829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/Config/ConfigNotFoundException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Piwik - free/libre analytics platform
+ *
+ * @link http://piwik.org
+ * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace Piwik\Config;
+
+/**
+ * Exception thrown when the config file doesn't exist.
+ */
+class ConfigNotFoundException extends \Exception
+{
+}
diff --git a/core/Console.php b/core/Console.php
index 02e5f8687130bd4b54354dac1c8b85fbbd9757f1..fac27d80360388ba6ff3c9a8ba6e1dd6fe9c8081 100644
--- a/core/Console.php
+++ b/core/Console.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 namespace Piwik;
 
+use Piwik\Config\ConfigNotFoundException;
 use Piwik\Container\StaticContainer;
 use Piwik\Plugin\Manager as PluginManager;
 use Symfony\Bridge\Monolog\Handler\ConsoleHandler;
@@ -43,10 +44,9 @@ class Console extends Application
 
         try {
             self::initPlugins();
-        } catch(\Exception $e) {
+        } catch (ConfigNotFoundException $e) {
             // Piwik not installed yet, no config file?
-
-            Log::debug("Could not initialize plugins: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n" . $e->getTraceAsString());
+            Log::warning($e->getMessage());
         }
 
         $commands = $this->getAvailableCommands();