diff --git a/source/configy/Read.d b/source/configy/Read.d
index 0089072..d486485 100644
--- a/source/configy/Read.d
+++ b/source/configy/Read.d
@@ -156,12 +156,14 @@
 import std.getopt;
 import std.meta;
 import std.range;
-import std.stdio;
 import std.traits;
 import std.typecons : Nullable, nullable, tuple;
 
 static import core.time;
 
+// Dub-specific adjustments for output
+import dub.internal.logging;
+
 /// Command-line arguments
 public struct CLIArgs
 {
@@ -304,7 +306,7 @@
     {
         // Other Exception type may be thrown by D-YAML,
         // they won't include rich information.
-        stderr.writeln(exc.message());
+        logWarn("%s", exc.message());
         return typeof(return).init;
     }
 }
@@ -319,18 +321,12 @@
 
 private void printException (scope ConfigException exc) @trusted
 {
-    version (Posix)
-    {
-        import core.sys.posix.unistd : isatty;
-        const colors = isatty(stderr.fileno);
-    }
-    else
-        const colors = false;
+    import dub.internal.logging;
 
-    if (colors)
-        stderr.writefln("%S", exc);
+    if (hasColors)
+        logWarn("%S", exc);
     else
-        stderr.writefln("%s", exc.message());
+        logWarn("%s", exc.message());
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************
diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index 2900e3e..da6f3a5 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -271,9 +271,11 @@
 			// The default is to error, but as the previous parser wasn't
 			// complaining, we should first warn the user.
 			const path = path_.toNativeString();
-			if (path.exists)
-				this.m_config = this.m_config.merge(
-					parseConfigFile!UserConfiguration(CLIArgs(path), StrictMode.Warn));
+			if (path.exists) {
+				auto newConf = parseConfigFileSimple!UserConfiguration(path, StrictMode.Warn);
+				if (!newConf.isNull())
+					this.m_config = this.m_config.merge(newConf.get());
+			}
 		}
 
 		const dubFolderPath = NativePath(thisExePath).parentPath;
diff --git a/source/dub/internal/logging.d b/source/dub/internal/logging.d
index ecada55..3b45cf7 100644
--- a/source/dub/internal/logging.d
+++ b/source/dub/internal/logging.d
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@
 */
 private shared bool _printColors = true;
 
+/// Ditto
+public bool hasColors () @trusted nothrow @nogc { return _printColors; }
+
 // isatty() is used in initLogging() to detect whether or not we are on a TTY
 extern (C) int isatty(int);
 
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index c2c83c3..bf588bb 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
 			// The default is to error, but as the previous parser wasn't
 			// complaining, we should first warn the user.
 			auto selected = parseConfigFileSimple!Selected(selverfile, StrictMode.Warn);
-			enforce(!selected.isNull(), "Could not read '" ~ selverfile ~ "'");
-			m_selections = new SelectedVersions(selected.get());
+			m_selections = !selected.isNull() ?
+				new SelectedVersions(selected.get()) : new SelectedVersions();
 		} else m_selections = new SelectedVersions;
 
 		reinit();