diff --git a/dtable_events/app/config.py b/dtable_events/app/config.py
index ab8624e1..e88b8668 100644
--- a/dtable_events/app/config.py
+++ b/dtable_events/app/config.py
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
 
 def get_config(config_file):
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+    if not os.path.exists(config_file):
+        logger.debug("Config file %s not found" % config_file)
+        return config
     try:
         config.read(config_file)
     except Exception as e:
diff --git a/dtable_events/tasks/clean_db_records_worker.py b/dtable_events/tasks/clean_db_records_worker.py
index 6f6438e6..ac180bd7 100644
--- a/dtable_events/tasks/clean_db_records_worker.py
+++ b/dtable_events/tasks/clean_db_records_worker.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def __init__(self, config):
     def _parse_config(self, config):
         section_name = 'CLEAN DB'
 
-        self._enabled = config.getboolean(section_name, 'enabled', fallback=False)
+        self._enabled = config.getboolean(section_name, 'enabled', fallback=True)
 
         # Read retention times from config file
         dtable_snapshot = config.getint(section_name, 'keep_dtable_snapshot_days', fallback=365)