diff --git a/love-release.sh b/love-release.sh
index 61f4594..def93ce 100755
--- a/love-release.sh
+++ b/love-release.sh
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ RELEASE_OSX=false
 RELEASE_WIN_32=false
 RELEASE_WIN_64=false
 
-if [ "$FOUND_LUA" = true ]; then
+if [ "$FOUND_LUA" = true ] && [ -f "conf.lua" ]; then
     LOVE_VERSION_AUTO=$(lua -e 'f = loadfile("conf.lua"); t, love = {window = {}, modules = {}}, {}; f(); love.conf(t); print(t.version)')
 else
     LOVE_VERSION_AUTO=$(grep -Eo -m 1 "t.version = \"[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+\"" conf.lua 2> /dev/null |  grep -Eo "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+")