diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1d8fb8dcc9..d14032a9d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ _This release is scheduled to be released on 2024-04-01._
 - Ignore all custom css files (#3359)
 - [newsfeed] Fix newsfeed stall issue introduced by #3336 (#3361)
 - Changed `log.debug` to `log.log` in `app.js` where logLevel is not set because config is not loaded at this time (#3353)
+- added message in case where config.js is missing the module.export line PR #3383
 
 ### Deleted
 
diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index ec8f42f3dd..77d0dc206f 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ function App () {
 		try {
 			fs.accessSync(configFilename, fs.F_OK);
 			const c = require(configFilename);
+			if (Object.keys(c).length === 0) {
+				Log.error("WARNING! Config file appears empty, maybe missing module.exports last line?");
+			}
 			checkDeprecatedOptions(c);
 			return Object.assign(defaults, c);
 		} catch (e) {