diff --git a/rc.d/allow_hosts b/rc.d/allow_hosts
index cf243cf..73ca382 100755
--- a/rc.d/allow_hosts
+++ b/rc.d/allow_hosts
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ fi
 allow_hosts_start()
 {
     echo "Running allow hosts"
-    echo "include \"${allow_hosts_rules}\"" > ${rc_router_gen_dir}/pf.rules.conf
+	if [ -e "${allow_hosts_rules}" ]
+	then
+		echo "include \"${allow_hosts_rules}\"" > ${rc_router_gen_dir}/pf.rules.conf
+	fi
 	if [ -n "$( pfctl -s Anchor | grep '\<allow-hosts\>' )" ]
 	then
 		pfctl -a allow-hosts -f ${allow_hosts_rules}