diff --git a/llm_server/config/global_config.py b/llm_server/config/global_config.py
index cc62e46..54a7fba 100644
--- a/llm_server/config/global_config.py
+++ b/llm_server/config/global_config.py
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ class GlobalConfig:
 
     @classmethod
     def get(cls):
+        if cls.__config_model is None:
+            raise Exception('Config has not been initialised')
         return cls.__config_model
diff --git a/other/local-llm-server.service b/other/local-llm-server.service
index fe1c9f8..82d6a14 100644
--- a/other/local-llm-server.service
+++ b/other/local-llm-server.service
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/pkill -9 -f "/srv/server/local-llm-server/venv/bin/python3
 # TODO: make sure gunicorn logs to stdout and logging also goes to stdout
 
 # Need a lot of workers since we have long-running requests. This takes about 3.5G memory.
-ExecStart=/srv/server/local-llm-server/venv/bin/gunicorn --workers 20 --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 server:app --timeout 60 --worker-class gevent --access-logfile '-' --error-logfile '-'
+ExecStart=/srv/server/local-llm-server/venv/bin/gunicorn -c other/gunicorn_conf.py --workers 20 --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 server:app --timeout 60 --worker-class gevent --access-logfile '-' --error-logfile '-'
 
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=2