diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index 059feb365..638eceeb2 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -347,7 +347,12 @@ def main(argv=None, input=None, output=None, force_git_root=None, return_coder=F
 
     conf_fname = Path(".aider.conf.yml")
 
-    default_config_files = [conf_fname.resolve()]  # CWD
+    default_config_files = []
+    try:
+        default_config_files += [conf_fname.resolve()]  # CWD
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+
     if git_root:
         git_conf = Path(git_root) / conf_fname  # git root
         if git_conf not in default_config_files:
diff --git a/aider/prompts.py b/aider/prompts.py
index 27d833fdd..8d529233c 100644
--- a/aider/prompts.py
+++ b/aider/prompts.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Reply only with the one-line commit message, without any additional text, explan
 or line breaks.
 """
 
+print(commit_system)
+
 # COMMANDS
 undo_command_reply = (
     "I did `git reset --hard HEAD~1` to discard the last edits. Please wait for further"