diff --git a/Docker/lofar-base/bashrc b/Docker/lofar-base/bashrc
index 536f0aedfa9bf0d382317dc07564135db24e6060..3c0f6efc307a6671c45b976ee1a69dc91193c77e 100644
--- a/Docker/lofar-base/bashrc
+++ b/Docker/lofar-base/bashrc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # lofar
-source ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/lofarinit.sh
+[ -r ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/lofarinit.sh ] && source ${INSTALLDIR}/lofar/lofarinit.sh
 
 # python-casacore
 export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:${INSTALLDIR}/python-casacore/lib/python2.7/site-packages