diff --git a/packages/guides-cli/bin/guides b/packages/guides-cli/bin/guides
index 53f055601..9f9364df4 100755
--- a/packages/guides-cli/bin/guides
+++ b/packages/guides-cli/bin/guides
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if (is_file($projectConfig)) {
         echo 'Loading guides.xml from ' . $projectConfig . PHP_EOL;
     }
     // vendor folder was placed directly into the project directory
-    if ($projectConfig) {
+    if ($projectConfig !== false && $projectConfig !== '') {
         $containerFactory->addConfigFile($projectConfig);
     }
 }